Wind climates in the contiguous USA - overview of the wind speed distributions and energy density (1973-2005)

Data period10th percentile
wind speed (m/s)
50th percentile
wind speed (m/s)
90th percentile
wind speed (m/s)
Weibull A (m/s)Weibull kEnergy density
(W/m2)
1973-2005 data data data data data data
30.68N,-88.25E 32.13N,-110.95E 33.45N,-111.98E 35.03N,-110.72E 33.45N,-94E 35.33N,-94.37E 32.73N,-117.17E 32.7N,-117.2E 33.93N,-118.4E 36.78N,-119.72E 35.43N,-119.05E 38.5N,-121.5E 37.62N,-122.4E 39.3N,-120.72E 38.05N,-103.53E 38.28N,-104.5E 38.82N,-104.72E 39.13N,-108.53E 41.93N,-72.68E 39.67N,-75.6E 30.35N,-87.32E 24.55N,-81.75E 24.58N,-81.68E 25.82N,-80.3E 28.43N,-81.33E 30.23N,-81.67E 32.12N,-81.2E 33.63N,-84.43E 33.95N,-83.33E 42.92N,-112.57E 43.57N,-116.22E 39.85N,-89.68E 41.98N,-87.92E 40.67N,-89.68E 42.2N,-89.1E 41.47N,-90.52E 38.05N,-87.53E 39.72N,-86.27E 41N,-85.2E 40.65N,-86.15E 41.7N,-86.33E 41.53N,-93.67E 42.4N,-90.7E 42.38N,-96.38E 37.77N,-99.97E 38.88N,-98.82E 37.65N,-97.43E 37.67N,-95.48E 39.55N,-97.65E 38.82N,-97.67E 39.37N,-101.7E 39.05N,-84.67E 38.03N,-84.6E 38.18N,-85.73E 30N,-90.25E 30.12N,-93.23E 32.45N,-93.82E 43.65N,-70.3E 46.87N,-68.03E 42.37N,-71.02E 42.27N,-71.88E 42.22N,-83.35E 42.4N,-83E 42.78N,-84.58E 42.88N,-85.52E 43.17N,-86.23E 42.97N,-83.75E 44.37N,-84.68E 45.07N,-83.58E 46.47N,-84.35E 43.9N,-92.5E 45.88N,-95.4E 44.88N,-93.23E 46.83N,-92.22E 48.57N,-93.4E 38.75N,-90.37E 37.23N,-93.38E 38.82N,-92.22E 39.3N,-94.72E 45.8N,-108.55E 48.22N,-106.62E 47.47N,-111.38E 48.55N,-109.77E 41.98N,-97.43E 41.12N,-100.67E 39.3N,-114.85E 40.9N,-117.8E 39.45N,-74.57E 40.72N,-74.18E 33.3N,-104.53E 35.05N,-106.6E 42.75N,-73.8E 42.93N,-78.73E 40.78N,-73.88E 42.2N,-75.98E 43.12N,-77.68E 40.65N,-73.8E 35.87N,-78.78E 35.22N,-80.95E 36.1N,-79.95E 46.93N,-96.82E 46.77N,-100.75E 46.8N,-102.8E 48.2N,-103.65E 48.27N,-101.28E 39.98N,-82.88E 39.9N,-84.22E 40.92N,-81.43E 41.4N,-81.85E 40.82N,-82.52E 41.25N,-80.67E 41.58N,-83.8E 35.38N,-97.6E 36.2N,-95.88E 45.7N,-118.83E 45.6N,-122.62E 40.5N,-80.23E 41.72N,-71.43E 32.9N,-80.03E 34.9N,-82.22E 43.58N,-96.75E 44.93N,-97.15E 44.38N,-100.28E 44.4N,-98.22E 45.45N,-98.42E 44.05N,-103.05E 25.9N,-97.43E 27.77N,-97.52E 28.87N,-96.93E 31.62N,-97.23E 32.77N,-97.45E 31.35N,-100.5E 31.95N,-102.18E 32.42N,-99.68E 33.67N,-101.82E 31.82N,-106.38E 35.22N,-101.7E 29.95N,-94.02E 30N,-95.37E 26.18N,-98.23E 27.68N,-97.28E 32.9N,-97.02E 44.47N,-73.15E 37.52N,-77.32E 38.87N,-77.03E 36.9N,-76.2E 38.93N,-77.45E 37.32N,-79.97E 47.62N,-117.53E 47.47N,-122.32E 38.38N,-82.55E 41.15N,-104.8E 42.9N,-106.47E 42.95N,-87.9E 43.13N,-89.35E 44.87N,-91.48E 44.48N,-88.13E