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    How windy is Baltimore?

    Baltimore right now

    46°FScattered clouds

    • Today47°F / 46°FClouds
    • Tomorrow51°F / 43°FClouds
    • Monday51°F / 37°FClear skies
    Even the sun looks bored.

    Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.

    Across a typical year, the wind in Baltimore averages about 6.8 mph.

    March is the windiest month, at about 8.5 mph, and August the calmest, at about 5.4 mph. There’s no wind at all about 19% of the time. That makes it the joint 25th 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 14 mph.

    Baltimore averages about 6.8 mph, and it’s dead calm about 19% of the time, so the Inner Harbor gets a lot of flat water.

    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 year6.8 mph
    Windiest monthMarch, 8.5 mph
    Calmest monthAugust, 5.4 mph
    Hours with no wind at all19%

    Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.

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    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00093721. Average wind speed, not gusts.