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How windy is Albany?
Albany right now
41°FBroken cloud
- Today41°F / 38°FRain
- Tomorrow43°F / 37°FClouds
- Monday45°F / 36°FClouds
Fifty shades of gray. Boring ones.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
Across a typical year, the wind in Albany averages about 7.6 mph.
March is the windiest month, at about 9.4 mph, and August the calmest, at about 5.7 mph. There’s no wind at all about 19% of the time. That makes it the joint 40th least windy of the 124 US cities we track.
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The strongest average wind in the forecast for the next 48 hours is about 11 mph.
Albany averages about 7.6 mph, and it’s dead calm about 19% of the time, so the Hudson Valley spends a lot of its year holding still.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The wind at a glance
| Average wind speed, all year | 7.6 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | March, 9.4 mph |
| Calmest month | August, 5.7 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 19% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Astoria, Oregon: about 7.6 mph
- Grand Junction, Colorado: about 7.6 mph
- Madison, Wisconsin: about 7.6 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014735. Average wind speed, not gusts.