Indian Climate - Wind Pattern in Chirai Nani

Wind Pattern in Chirai Nani


Windrose of Chirai Nani shows that dominant wind blow from the WSW much of the time - about 29.83% of all hourly wind directions. Approximately 21.32% (max) of the time the wind blows from the WSW at speeds are more than 5 m/s. Further, at Chirai Nani much of the time winds blow at speeds between 5 and 11.22 m/s - which is 44.85% of the time. About 0.33% of time winds were CALM i.e. wind speeds less then 0.5m/s.

WSW[29.8%]

Dominant Direction

5-11.22m/s

Speed Range

4.8m/s

average speed

0.33%

calm

The annual wind rose below showing how wind speed and direction are typically distributed in Chirai Nani.


This table shows the frequency and speed of wind blowing from each direction in Chirai Nani.

Table of Frequencies (%)


Table of Frequencies (%)
Direction < 0.5 0.5-1.0 1.0-2.0 2.0-3.0 3.0-4.0 4.0-5.0 > 5.0 Total
N 0.00 0.05 1.00 1.32 0.82 0.18 0.00 3.37
NNE 0.05 0.14 1.19 1.96 1.55 0.27 0.09 5.25
NE 0.00 0.09 0.59 2.05 2.47 0.64 1.05 6.89
ENE 0.00 0.14 0.64 1.14 1.42 0.32 0.14 3.80
E 0.00 0.05 0.14 0.59 0.55 0.23 0.05 1.61
ESE 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.15
SE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.09
SSE 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05
S 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SSW 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.05 0.05 0.14 0.23 0.61
SW 0.00 0.05 0.14 0.46 0.59 0.91 17.31 19.46
WSW 0.05 0.14 0.32 1.28 2.56 4.16 21.32 29.83
W 0.09 0.00 0.46 1.96 3.65 3.61 4.25 14.02
WNW 0.00 0.09 0.59 1.51 2.33 1.60 0.27 6.39
NW 0.14 0.00 1.23 1.60 1.64 0.14 0.14 4.89
NNW 0.00 0.23 0.82 1.87 0.64 0.09 0.00 3.65
Total 0.33 1.03 7.31 15.84 18.41 12.29 44.85 100

The graph below shows the minimum, maximum and average wind speed, m/s over the year in Chirai Nani.