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Wind rose and wind speed for Ranchi, Jharkhand

Hourly directions Speed bins Daily series

Windrose of Ranchi shows that dominant wind blow from the NW much of the time - about 13.16% of all hourly wind directions. Approximately 5.25% (max) of the time the wind blows from the NW at speeds between 2 and 3 m/s. Further, at Ranchi much of the time winds blow at speeds between 2 and 3 m/s - which is 36.45% of the time. About 1.12% of time winds were CALM i.e. wind speeds less then 0.5m/s.

Dominant direction · 13.2%

2-3m/s

Speed range

2.5m/s

Average speed

1.12%

Calm hours

Wind rose

Frequency of hourly wind direction and speed at this interpolated reference coordinate. Use the chart menu to download an image.

Frequency table (%)

Direction × speed-bin frequencies used by the wind rose chart.

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	0.27	2.15	2.42	2.10	0.05	0.05	7.04
NNE	0.14	0.23	1.10	1.74	0.73	0.09	0.00	4.03
NE	0.05	0.27	1.10	1.42	0.32	0.09	0.23	3.48
ENE	0.05	0.09	0.87	1.37	0.41	0.41	0.37	3.57
E	0.18	0.14	0.78	0.82	0.91	0.41	1.00	4.24
ESE	0.00	0.27	0.87	1.32	0.55	0.82	0.50	4.33
SE	0.05	0.27	1.74	1.28	1.10	0.23	0.32	4.99
SSE	0.05	0.37	1.96	1.69	0.55	0.09	0.00	4.71
S	0.05	0.32	1.78	0.87	0.37	0.18	0.05	3.62
SSW	0.09	0.27	1.60	1.42	0.55	0.09	0.14	4.16
SW	0.09	0.50	2.47	1.96	0.91	0.32	0.09	6.34
WSW	0.05	0.27	2.42	2.69	1.05	0.73	0.59	7.80
W	0.14	0.46	2.19	2.47	1.00	0.41	0.41	7.08
WNW	0.09	0.68	2.92	4.16	1.46	0.27	0.18	9.76
NW	0.00	0.55	3.15	5.25	3.84	0.32	0.05	13.16
NNW	0.09	0.46	2.42	5.57	3.15	0.05	0.00	11.74
Total	1.12	5.42	29.52	36.45	19.00	4.56	3.98	100

Daily wind speed

Min / max / average across months

Reference-location data sheet

What this page represents

Read methodology

Reference location: Ranchi · 3WDRECJ0MA
Coordinate: 23.3833°, 85.3833°
Published edition: 2019 test / base-year archive
Available records: 2,190 hourly rows · 01 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2018
Source: ECMWF ERA5-Land hourly reanalysis · 0.1° × 0.1° regular latitude–longitude grid
Location processing: CDO bilinear interpolation to each listed reference coordinate

Use with professional judgement. These are model-derived, interpolated reference estimates—not measurements at a monitoring station. Local terrain, coastlines, land cover and site conditions can make project-site conditions differ.

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IndianClimate.com. 2019 ERA5-Land baseline meteorological reference for Ranchi. Derived from ECMWF ERA5-Land hourly reanalysis using CDO bilinear interpolation. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161bac. Accessed 2026-11-15.

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