Here are the Windiest Places on Earth
Windiest Places – These places in the world are considered the windiest spots in the world, based on how the speed of wind is being quantified.
Wellington, New Zealand
This place is often referred to as the world’s windiest city, based on the article in Treehugger. It is because of its average wind speed and strongest recorded gust. Annual averages ranging from 5.5 to 11.5 mph are being recorded on the ground, where disturbances in the terrain create a kind of shelter.
Antarctica
This place is considered to be where the fastest katabatic wind can be experienced. Katabatic wind carries high-density air which is from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity. The place holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest katabatic wind. In 1912 at Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay, the recorded wind was 168 mph. The annual average daily maximum wind speed of this region is 44 mph.
Barrow Island, Australia
This place owns the fastest recorded wind speed title. Barrow Island holds the Guinness World Record for the highest recorded wind speed not associated with a tornado. A 253 mph wind was recorded during the 1996 Tropical Cyclone Olivia.
Mount Washington, New Hampshire
This place is tagged as the windiest U.S. peak. Based on records, the strongest recorded wind gust (231 mph, recorded in 1934) for most of the 20th century was experienced here.
Dodge City, Kansas
This is the windiest U.S. city. Dodge City is also called Windy City. Its average wind speed is 15 mph.
Baku, Azerbaijan
This is the Windiest City in Eurasia and is also tagged as the City of Winds. The wind speed average is more than 11 mph from June to April.
Saint John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
In Canada, this is the windiest city. The average annual wind speed here is topping 13 mph and gusts of more than 30 mph. This information is recorded on almost 50 days out of the year.
Scotland
It is considered as the Windiest European Country. The coastal areas have 25 days of gale-force winds per year.
Patagonia Region, Chile and Argentina
This is tagged as the Windiest Place in South America. 80 mph wind is usually recorded in this area.
Tornado Alley, Oklahoma
When it comes to Fastest Tornado Winds, this is the place to go. A speed of about 300 mph wind in the sky was recorded during the 1999 tornado that occurred in Bridge Creek.