Wind Regime on Sable Island

 

Values in this table are based on 30 years of observations at Sable Island. Source: Principal Station Data for Sable Island. 1984. Canadian Climate Program, Atmospheric Environment Service, Environment Canada (PSD/DSP-92). This provides an indication of the monthly wind regime (km/h) on the island.

 

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Prevailing direction

W

W

W

W

SW

SW

SW

SW

SW

W

W

W

Wind speed¹

32.0

31.0

30.0

26.2

23.2

20.3

18.5

18.9

21.6

25.8

29.4

31.3

Peak wind

126

114

140

114

100

109

98

97

124

158

174

130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% obs² of calm

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.6

1.0

1.2

1.3

0.8

1.0

0.7

0.9

% obs of 1-10

5.8

6.1

7.0

8.7

11.1

14.2

16.0

17.1

13.1

9.0

6.7

6.2

% obs of 11-20

16.3

19.2

20.7

26.2

34.0

40.8

45.7

43.5

36.5

26.3

21.0

17.9

% obs of >21

77.1

74.0

71.6

64.4

54.3

44.0

37.1

38.1

49.6

63.7

71.6

75.0

¹  average monthly values are calculated from daily values which are averages of hourly readings.

²  “% obs of” means the proportion of hourly observations in which a particular range of wind speed (km/h) was recorded.

 

 

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