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The windiest city in the USA is Brockton, Massachusetts.
I found the list that has Brockton at #1, and frankly, I don't buy it. Cheyenne is notoriously windy and isn't on that list at all, and wind resource maps show that the northeast is fairly windy but nothing that extreme.
Well, how about that, Mentone has 19 and lost this position to Brewster. Loving County, TX is still the least populated county in the US with only 82 people.
I found the list that has Brockton at #1, and frankly, I don't buy it. Cheyenne is notoriously windy and isn't on that list at all, and wind resource maps show that the northeast is fairly windy but nothing that extreme.
Agreed. I would have thought it would be a Front Range city. I grew up in NYC, but Albuquerque kicks its ass in windiness using the criteria of number of excessively windy days and the persistence of high wind speed on those days, at least as I perceive it.
Weirton, West Virginia holds the title of the only US city that borders two other states on two sides, plus its own state on the other two sides. It's located on the northern panhandle of WV, wedged between Ohio and PA.
I found the list that has Brockton at #1, and frankly, I don't buy it. Cheyenne is notoriously windy and isn't on that list at all, and wind resource maps show that the northeast is fairly windy but nothing that extreme.
I think the average wind speeds of cities is data-based and mathematically calculated by the meteorological service based upon reliable measurements, and not just by places that are "notoriously" windy. Chicago is also "notoriously" windy and is not on the list at all, but suburban Waukegan is #93.
I think the average wind speeds of cities is data-based and mathematically calculated by the meteorological service based upon reliable measurements, and not just by places that are "notoriously" windy. Chicago is also "notoriously" windy and is not on the list at all, but suburban Waukegan is #93.
I know; I would have posted raw data from NOAA that I found, but I'm not sure if that's considered a "competing" website. It doesn't look like Brockton has a major official weather station. Blue Hill, MA, is very windy, but since it's on a fairly significant hill, I'm not sure if that counts. Most of the larger cities that top the list are in the Plains.
Actually, Chicago is incorrectly notorious for being especially windy because of the nickname 'The Windy City' which actually has nothing to do with the atmospheric condition.
I have heard so many different cities in lists lay stake to 'windiest' to the point where I doubt there is an exact science to it. Great Falls Montana was another city I have read on the top of windiest lists, as well.
Actually, Chicago is incorrectly notorious for being especially windy because of the nickname 'The Windy City' which actually has nothing to do with the atmospheric condition.
True. It refers to the boastfulness of its residents.
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