The windiest U.S. cities: Ranked by normal average wind speed over all hours (mph), NOAA 1991-2020

Which U.S. cities are the windiest?

The first ten: Amarillo, TX (12.8 mph), Cheyenne, WY (12.0 mph), Lubbock, TX (11.8 mph), Casper, WY (11.7 mph), Rochester, MN (11.5 mph), Corpus Christi, TX (11.4 mph), Wichita, KS (11.3 mph), Great Falls, MT (11.2 mph), Boston, MA (11.2 mph) and Oklahoma City, OK (11.2 mph). At the other end of the list is Medford, OR (3.9 mph).

Method: each place is measured at the NOAA station that keeps its climate record (named in the table); "=" marks a tie at the shown precision. The ranking compares places of 50,000 or more people so that small towns with a single remote station do not lead the list; every other place's figure is on its own page. Not ranked, for lack of the figure at their station: 275 places of 50,000+, the largest New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, San Jose, CA, Austin, TX and San Francisco, CA.

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• The hottest summers in U.S. citiesnormal July high
• The mildest summers in U.S. citiesnormal July high
• The warmest winters in U.S. citiesnormal January low
• The coldest winters in U.S. citiesnormal January low