Windy cities · Massachusetts
How windy is Boston?
Boston right now
43°FBroken cloud
- Today43°F / 38°FClouds
- Tomorrow46°F / 36°FClear skies
- Monday47°F / 34°FClouds
Mother Nature hit snooze.
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Across a typical year, the wind in Boston averages about 11.3 mph.
March is the windiest month, at about 12.8 mph, and August the calmest, at about 9.7 mph. There’s no wind at all about 3% of the time. That makes it the joint 7th windiest 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 12 mph.
Boston averages about 11.3 mph of wind and is calm only about 3% of the time, the windiest big city on the East Coast we track. The harbour does not do quiet.
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 | 11.3 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | March, 12.8 mph |
| Calmest month | August, 9.7 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 3% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Great Falls, Montana: about 11.3 mph
- Wichita, Kansas: about 11.4 mph
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: about 11.2 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014739. Average wind speed, not gusts.