Wind Pattern in Gangtok
Windrose of Gangtok shows that dominant wind blow from the S much of the time - about 19.77%
of all hourly wind directions. Approximately
7.63% (max) of the time the wind blows from the S at speeds between 1 and 2 m/s.
Further, at Gangtok much of the time winds blow at speeds between
1 and 2 m/s - which is 40.65% of the time.
About 9.75% of time winds were CALM i.e. wind speeds less then 0.5m/s.
S[19.8%]
1-2m/s
1.4m/s
9.75%
The annual wind rose below showing how wind speed and direction are typically distributed in Gangtok.
This table shows the frequency and speed of wind blowing from each direction in Gangtok.
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 | 0.82 | 5.66 | 6.62 | 0.32 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.51 |
| NNE | 0.55 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.75 |
| NE | 0.46 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.73 |
| ENE | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.41 |
| E | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.42 |
| ESE | 0.14 | 0.96 | 0.82 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.01 |
| SE | 0.55 | 1.37 | 1.64 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.93 |
| SSE | 0.78 | 2.05 | 3.65 | 1.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.67 |
| S | 0.73 | 1.69 | 8.86 | 6.80 | 1.42 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 19.77 |
| SSW | 0.64 | 1.64 | 7.63 | 7.63 | 1.96 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 19.77 |
| SW | 0.96 | 1.87 | 5.07 | 2.79 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 11.01 |
| WSW | 0.46 | 2.15 | 1.60 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.30 |
| W | 0.46 | 0.96 | 0.46 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.02 |
| WNW | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.55 |
| NW | 0.78 | 1.23 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.38 |
| NNW | 1.10 | 1.83 | 0.87 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 |
| Total | 9.75 | 25.88 | 40.65 | 19.42 | 3.74 | 0.54 | 0.05 | 100 |
The graph below shows the minimum, maximum and average wind speed, m/s over the year in Gangtok.