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The table below contains the following parameters for each of the 239 stations in the US National Solar Radiation Data Base:

Annual average wind speed, vave [m/s]

Weibull k value, k

One-hour autocorrelation factor, r1

Diurnal pattern strength, d

Hour of peak wind speed, ϕ

You can also view histograms of these parameters.

Tip: The stations that take these measurements are not typically located so as to maximize the wind resource. Therefore, this data is likely to be conservative in terms of wind speed. Typically, wind turbines are sited on a ridgeline or other topographic feature to maximize average wind speeds. Also, this data is compiled from Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) data, which is largely based on solar data, not wind data. So these data do not necessarily represent a typical year of wind speeds.

City

State

vave

k

r1

δ

ϕ

Anchorage

AK

3.277

1.681

0.769

0.125

17

Annette

AK

4.206

1.650

0.973

0.132

13

Barrow

AK

5.482

2.234

0.948

0.036

15

Bethel

AK

5.659

2.166

0.950

0.059

16

Bettles

AK

3.148

1.689

0.873

0.112

14

Big Delta

AK

4.069

1.297

0.966

0.091

17

Cold Bay

AK

7.661

2.019

0.913

0.075

15

Fairbanks

AK

2.506

1.289

0.787

0.160

17

Gulkana

AK

2.651

0.809

0.934

0.183

16

King Salmon

AK

4.882

1.874

0.932

0.143

16

Kodiak

AK

4.652

1.468

0.895

0.082

15

Kotzebue

AK

6.005

1.833

0.934

0.030

14

McGrath

AK

2.482

1.428

0.894

0.202

16

Nome

AK

4.774

1.621

0.920

0.117

15

St. Paul Island

AK

7.802

2.084

0.966

0.052

14

Talkeetna

AK

2.465

1.030

0.876

0.268

15

Yakutat

AK

2.964

1.359

0.945

0.218

14

Birmingham

AL

3.163

1.521

0.831

0.345

13

Huntsville

AL

3.626

1.619

0.838

0.276

13

Mobile

AL

3.684

1.852

0.849

0.268

13

Montgomery

AL

3.023

1.658

0.794

0.338

13

Fort Smith

AR

3.235

1.845

0.901

0.307

14

Little Rock

AR

3.435

1.887

0.807

0.284

14

Flagstaff

AZ

3.238

1.537

0.922

0.447

14

Phoenix

AZ

2.984

2.016

0.727

0.148

14

Prescott

AZ

3.734

1.927

0.847

0.272

15

Tucson

AZ

3.935

2.127

0.858

0.160

15

Arcata

CA

3.051

1.366

0.911

0.424

14

Bakersfield

CA

2.852

1.750

0.830

0.267

16

Dagget

CA

4.901

1.750

0.933

0.028

21

Fresno

CA

2.986

1.880

0.867

0.194

17

Long Beach

CA

2.702

1.595

0.850

0.549

15

Los Angeles

CA

3.575

1.961

0.676

0.469

15

Sacramento

CA

3.251

1.413

0.894

0.276

15

San Diego

CA

3.224

1.983

0.798

0.412

14

San Francisco

CA

4.530

1.689

0.876

0.405

17

Santa Maria

CA

3.356

1.271

0.871

0.632

15

Alamosa

CO

3.746

1.502

0.900

0.336

17

Boulder/Denver

CO

3.639

1.849

0.678

0.208

16

Colorado Springs

CO

4.356

1.890

0.831

0.185

15

Eagle

CO

2.712

0.944

0.836

0.579

16

Grand Junction

CO

3.560

1.784

0.823

0.086

14

Pueblo

CO

4.097

1.678

0.842

0.311

16

Bridgeport

CT

5.423

2.336

0.880

0.173

14

Hartford

CT

3.831

1.878

0.882

0.275

14

Wilmington

DE

4.134

1.977

0.899

0.252

14

Daytona Beach

FL

3.811

1.795

0.895

0.416

14

Jacksonville

FL

3.283

1.555

0.775

0.463

14

Key West

FL

5.089

2.506

0.942

0.069

13

Miami

FL

4.337

2.214

0.803

0.292

14

Tallahassee

FL

2.901

1.432

0.841

0.460

14

Tampa

FL

3.579

2.147

0.762

0.336

14

West Palm Beach

FL

4.391

1.984

0.926

0.297

14

Athens

GA

3.314

2.002

0.920

0.209

14

Atlanta

GA

3.947

2.152

0.808

0.170

14

Augusta

GA

3.158

1.587

0.860

0.338

14

Columbus

GA

2.950

1.604

0.889

0.346

14

Macon

GA

3.287

1.689

0.780

0.307

14

Savannah

GA

3.565

1.969

0.918

0.324

14

Hilo

HI

3.142

2.263

0.839

0.260

14

Honolulu

HI

4.950

2.433

0.822

0.306

15

Kahului

HI

5.712

2.305

0.880

0.374

15

Lihue

HI

5.503

3.024

0.951

0.086

15

Des Moines

IA

4.696

1.999

0.922

0.216

13

Mason City

IA

5.079

2.052

0.898

0.210

13

Sioux City

IA

4.885

2.030

0.894

0.208

14

Waterloo

IA

4.763

1.904

0.897

0.235

13

Boise

ID

3.810

1.845

0.779

0.201

15

Pocatello

ID

4.728

1.731

0.881

0.192

15

Chicago

IL

4.620

2.152

0.847

0.195

14

Moline

IL

4.619

1.896

0.905

0.260

13

Peoria

IL

4.379

2.124

0.859

0.224

13

Rockford

IL

4.665

2.137

0.903

0.234

13

Springfield

IL

4.804

2.178

0.909

0.159

13

Evansville

IN

3.525

1.492

0.858

0.327

13

Fort Wayne

IN

4.468

2.115

0.899

0.200

14

Indianapolis

IN

4.063

1.966

0.890

0.209

14

South Bend

IN

4.503

2.084

0.894

0.225

14

Dodge City

KS

5.790

2.404

0.847

0.130

13

Goodland

KS

5.831

2.396

0.855

0.084

13

Topeka

KS

4.392

1.843

0.847

0.249

14

Wichita

KS

5.214

2.205

0.909

0.175

14

Covington

KY

3.950

2.076

0.856

0.207

14

Lexington

KY

3.942

2.277

0.929

0.180

13

Louisville

KY

3.672

1.876

0.831

0.268

15

Baton Rouge

LA

3.239

1.647

0.872

0.311

14

Lake Charles

LA

3.775

1.973

0.832

0.286

14

New Orleans

LA

3.582

1.828

0.864

0.258

13

Shreveport

LA

3.464

1.746

0.841

0.279

14

Boston

MA

5.430

2.401

0.838

0.126

14

Worcester

MA

4.319

1.944

0.903

0.087

13

Baltimore

MD

4.108

1.995

0.842

0.264

14

Caribou

ME

4.593

1.769

0.909

0.172

14

Portland

ME

3.904

1.908

0.856

0.295

14

Alpena

MI

3.693

1.943

0.897

0.289

14

Detroit

MI

4.507

2.123

0.848

0.243

14

Flint

MI

4.378

2.027

0.886

0.212

14

Grand Rapids

MI

4.454

2.199

0.892

0.215

14

Houghton

MI

4.060

2.338

0.909

0.161

15

Lansing

MI

4.344

1.855

0.933

0.223

14

Muskegon

MI

4.888

2.104

0.931

0.190

14

Sault Ste. Marie

MI

3.806

1.987

0.862

0.244

15

Traverse City

MI

3.993

1.818

0.868

0.241

14

Duluth

MN

4.701

2.205

0.924

0.156

14

International Falls

MN

4.019

1.977

0.871

0.221

13

Minneapolis/St. Paul

MN

4.624

2.016

0.897

0.223

14

Rochester

MN

5.789

2.441

0.926

0.130

12

St. Cloud

MN

3.661

1.730

0.942

0.274

14

Columbia

MO

4.439

2.322

0.874

0.157

13

Kansas City

MO

4.482

2.527

0.842

0.166

14

Springfield

MO

4.506

2.284

0.858

0.190

12

St. Louis

MO

4.401

2.094

0.857

0.172

14

Jackson

MS

3.322

1.607

0.857

0.324

13

Meridian

MS

2.769

1.247

0.825

0.434

13

Billings

MT

5.155

2.324

0.885

0.079

14

Cut Bank

MT

5.672

1.761

0.946

0.225

15

Glasgow

MT

4.802

2.059

0.933

0.130

14

Great Falls

MT

5.513

1.898

0.906

0.156

14

Helena

MT

3.527

1.537

0.876

0.281

16

Kalispell

MT

2.828

1.139

0.905

0.255

14

Lewistown

MT

4.245

1.745

0.917

0.149

14

Miles City

MT

4.624

2.040

0.836

0.102

14

Missoula

MT

3.023

1.296

0.831

0.327

17

Asheville

NC

3.480

1.308

0.854

0.313

14

Cape Hatteras

NC

5.157

2.419

0.954

0.100

14

Charlotte

NC

3.139

1.825

0.791

0.291

14

Greensboro

NC

3.116

1.861

0.823

0.287

13

Raleigh/Durham

NC

3.503

2.005

0.816

0.245

14

Wilmington

NC

3.670

1.822

0.904

0.309

14

Bismarck

ND

4.420

1.608

0.875

0.308

14

Fargo

ND

5.377

2.026

0.927

0.158

14

Minot

ND

5.489

2.310

0.879

0.138

14

Grand Island

NE

5.336

2.246

0.910

0.175

14

Norfolk

NE

5.455

1.710

0.924

0.229

14

North Platte

NE

4.651

1.692

0.862

0.264

15

Omaha

NE

4.493

1.838

0.922

0.176

13

Scottsbluff

NE

4.663

1.820

0.813

0.235

14

Concord

NH

2.865

1.149

0.838

0.441

14

Atlantic City

NJ

4.420

1.935

0.948

0.262

14

Newark

NJ

4.624

2.345

0.809

0.157

15

Albuquerque

NM

4.009

1.723

0.789

0.255

17

Tucumcari

NM

4.335

1.907

0.911

0.208

14

Elko

NV

2.700

1.195

0.827

0.470

15

Ely

NV

4.374

1.963

0.879

0.078

13

Las Vegas

NV

4.063

1.809

0.854

0.139

18

Reno

NV

2.839

1.124

0.856

0.555

17

Tonopah

NV

4.317

1.804

0.826

0.167

15

Winnemucca

NV

3.630

1.833

0.851

0.245

15

Albany

NY

3.958

1.567

0.856

0.259

14

Binghamton

NY

4.509

2.357

0.891

0.155

14

Buffalo

NY

5.135

2.152

0.889

0.181

14

Massena

NY

3.632

1.520

0.885

0.267

13

NYC (Central Park)

NY

5.185

2.676

0.933

0.130

15

Rochester

NY

4.377

1.983

0.916

0.183

14

Syracuse

NY

4.100

1.903

0.877

0.202

14

Akron/Canton

OH

4.173

2.179

0.890

0.210

13

Cleveland

OH

4.506

2.186

0.842

0.191

14

Columbus

OH

3.728

1.898

0.847

0.288

14

Dayton

OH

4.311

2.106

0.847

0.185

14

Mansfield

OH

4.786

2.342

0.930

0.159

13

Toledo

OH

4.150

1.914

0.898

0.266

14

Youngstown

OH

4.407

2.312

0.893

0.178

14

Oklahoma City

OK

5.352

2.253

0.937

0.183

13

Tulsa

OK

4.811

2.173

0.902

0.222

14

Astoria

OR

3.987

1.876

0.916

0.254

15

Burns

OR

3.213

1.652

0.946

0.240

15

Eugene

OR

3.366

1.904

0.890

0.273

14

Medford

OR

2.255

1.262

0.765

0.484

16

North Bend

OR

4.276

1.768

0.911

0.322

15

Pendleton

OR

3.826

1.749

0.885

0.125

16

Portland

OR

3.580

1.560

0.872

0.230

16

Redmond/Bend

OR

3.640

1.913

0.835

0.295

15

Salem

OR

3.127

1.387

0.897

0.291

14

Allentown

PA

4.143

1.684

0.884

0.289

14

Bradford

PA

3.660

1.765

0.921

0.260

14

Erie

PA

5.141

2.216

0.910

0.104

12

Harrisburg

PA

3.353

1.513

0.845

0.278

14

Philadelphia

PA

4.307

2.190

0.831

0.203

14

Pittsburgh

PA

3.922

1.760

0.850

0.284

14

Wilkes-Barre

PA

3.641

2.146

0.836

0.222

14

Williamsport

PA

3.442

1.295

0.870

0.297

14

Guam

PI

4.205

2.189

0.973

0.307

13

San Juan

PR

3.823

1.788

0.869

0.504

15

Providence

RI

4.702

2.157

0.881

0.257

14

Charleston

SC

3.892

2.069

0.821

0.318

14

Columbia

SC

3.035

1.555

0.773

0.382

14

Greenville

SC

2.982

1.810

0.896

0.277

13

Huron

SD

4.842

1.956

0.918

0.202

14

Pierre

SD

5.102

1.884

0.920

0.194

14

Rapid City

SD

5.342

1.677

0.928

0.231

13

Sioux Falls

SD

5.023

2.021

0.927

0.217

14

Bristol

TN

2.397

1.174

0.833

0.437

15

Chattanooga

TN

2.507

1.108

0.801

0.493

15

Knoxville

TN

3.023

1.545

0.845

0.262

15

Memphis

TN

3.998

1.903

0.887

0.229

13

Nashville

TN

3.642

1.902

0.803

0.250

14

Abilene

TX

5.205

2.418

0.915

0.119

14

Amarillo

TX

5.929

2.411

0.878

0.129

14

Austin

TX

4.062

1.895

0.835

0.238

14

Brownsville

TX

5.266

2.130

0.924

0.361

14

Corpus Christi

TX

5.377

2.197

0.918

0.303

15

El Paso

TX

3.534

1.612

0.798

0.241

16

Fort Worth

TX

4.433

1.984

0.909

0.191

14

Houston

TX

3.777

2.112

0.775

0.321

14

Lubbock

TX

5.196

2.164

0.890

0.184

15

Lufkin

TX

3.068

1.515

0.854

0.395

14

Midland/Odessa

TX

5.050

2.184

0.832

0.225

14

Port Arthur

TX

4.367

2.176

0.885

0.261

14

San Angelo

TX

4.638

2.150

0.863

0.199

14

San Antonio

TX

4.200

2.332

0.864

0.202

15

Victoria

TX

4.487

2.158

0.929

0.308

14

Waco

TX

4.842

2.323

0.906

0.138

14

Wichita Falls

TX

5.675

2.414

0.944

0.164

14

Cedar City

UT

3.554

1.179

0.861

0.439

16

Salt Lake City

UT

3.968

1.667

0.762

0.119

13

Lynchburg

VA

3.061

1.454

0.867

0.359

14

Norfolk

VA

4.883

2.207

0.862

0.183

13

Richmond

VA

3.653

2.110

0.897

0.227

14

Roanoke

VA

3.630

1.662

0.859

0.265

15

Sterling

VA

3.490

1.694

0.821

0.291

14

Burlington

VT

4.064

2.004

0.806

0.204

13

Olympia

WA

3.060

1.441

0.883

0.303

14

Quillayute

WA

2.787

1.559

0.871

0.372

14

Seattle

WA

3.897

2.108

0.760

0.121

15

Spokane

WA

4.333

1.934

0.875

0.122

12

Yakima

WA

3.296

1.725

0.870

0.139

18

Eau Claire

WI

3.974

1.888

0.872

0.275

14

Green Bay

WI

4.438

1.999

0.918

0.232

13

La Crosse

WI

3.706

1.645

0.887

0.199

14

Madison

WI

4.223

1.860

0.892

0.260

13

Milwaukee

WI

4.944

2.087

0.868

0.194

13

Charleston

WV

2.764

1.433

0.860

0.326

14

Elkins

WV

2.932

0.971

0.906

0.370

14

Huntington

WV

3.101

1.917

0.822

0.241

14

Casper

WY

5.652

2.075

0.929

0.216

13

Cheyenne

WY

5.735

1.996

0.868

0.173

13

Lander

WY

3.363

1.459

0.759

0.255

17

Rock Springs

WY

5.097

1.629

0.874

0.280

15

Sheridan

WY

3.367

1.494

0.833

0.265

14