Wind Pattern in Pithoragarh
Windrose of Pithoragarh shows that dominant wind blow from the NNE much of the time - about 34.24%
of all hourly wind directions. Approximately
0.73% (max) of the time the wind blows from the NNE at speeds between 1 and 2 m/s.
Further, at Pithoragarh much of the time winds blow at speeds between
1 and 2 m/s - which is 54.39% of the time.
About 5.38% of time winds were CALM i.e. wind speeds less then 0.5m/s.
NNE[34.2%]
1-2m/s
1.5m/s
5.38%
The annual wind rose below showing how wind speed and direction are typically distributed in Pithoragarh.
This table shows the frequency and speed of wind blowing from each direction in Pithoragarh.
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 | 0.23 | 0.55 | 3.24 | 0.50 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.61 |
| NNE | 0.59 | 6.16 | 22.33 | 4.52 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.24 |
| NE | 0.37 | 1.51 | 3.29 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.67 |
| ENE | 0.41 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.38 |
| E | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.64 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.37 |
| ESE | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.59 |
| SE | 0.27 | 1.05 | 0.46 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.96 |
| SSE | 0.41 | 0.91 | 1.23 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.87 |
| S | 0.41 | 1.28 | 2.28 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.56 |
| SSW | 0.46 | 1.37 | 5.25 | 2.24 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.64 |
| SW | 0.55 | 0.96 | 5.89 | 4.06 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.60 |
| WSW | 0.23 | 1.00 | 4.02 | 4.61 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.04 |
| W | 0.41 | 0.73 | 1.74 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.56 |
| WNW | 0.18 | 0.78 | 1.05 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.38 |
| NW | 0.14 | 0.41 | 0.73 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 |
| NNW | 0.18 | 0.55 | 0.87 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.19 |
| Total | 5.38 | 19.05 | 54.39 | 19.71 | 1.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100 |
The graph below shows the minimum, maximum and average wind speed, m/s over the year in Pithoragarh.