Indian Climate - Wind Pattern in Balotra

Wind Pattern in Balotra

Windrose of Balotra shows that dominant wind blow from the SW much of the time - about 26.99% of all hourly wind directions. Approximately 6.21% (max) of the time the wind blows from the SW at speeds are more than 5 m/s. Further, at Balotra much of the time winds blow at speeds between 5 and 11.90 m/s - which is 23.48% of the time. About 0.94% of time winds were CALM i.e. wind speeds less then 0.5m/s.

SW[27.0%]

Dominant Direction

5-11.90m/s

Speed Range

3.7m/s

average speed

0.94%

calm

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

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

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 0.05 0.09 0.68 0.55 0.27 0.09 0.09 1.82
NNE 0.14 0.14 0.73 0.96 0.78 0.41 0.05 3.21
NE 0.14 0.32 0.50 1.69 2.42 0.82 0.18 6.07
ENE 0.00 0.18 1.69 3.47 2.19 0.87 0.18 8.58
E 0.09 0.27 2.10 3.38 0.87 0.18 0.00 6.89
ESE 0.05 0.27 1.83 1.42 0.23 0.00 0.00 3.80
SE 0.09 0.37 1.23 0.96 0.27 0.00 0.00 2.92
SSE 0.14 0.23 1.14 0.73 0.14 0.14 0.05 2.57
S 0.05 0.32 1.05 0.87 1.19 1.10 0.96 5.54
SSW 0.05 0.14 1.32 2.60 3.97 3.06 6.21 17.35
SW 0.05 0.23 0.96 3.01 4.25 4.79 13.70 26.99
WSW 0.09 0.18 0.68 1.64 1.83 2.28 1.96 8.66
W 0.00 0.09 0.32 0.68 0.87 0.14 0.05 2.15
WNW 0.00 0.09 0.50 0.32 0.27 0.05 0.00 1.23
NW 0.00 0.09 0.37 0.46 0.05 0.00 0.05 1.02
NNW 0.00 0.41 0.37 0.27 0.18 0.00 0.00 1.23
Total 0.94 3.42 15.47 23.01 19.78 13.93 23.48 100

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