Windy cities · North Carolina
How windy is Charlotte?
Across a typical year, the wind in Charlotte averages about 6.2 mph.
March is the windiest month, at about 7.5 mph, and August the calmest, at about 5.3 mph. There’s no wind at all about 16% of the time. That makes it the joint 18th 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 10 mph.
Charlotte averages about 6.2 mph of wind, a calm breeze for a banking city that prefers its swings on paper.
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 | 6.2 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | March, 7.5 mph |
| Calmest month | August, 5.3 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 16% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Raleigh, North Carolina: about 6.2 mph
- Birmingham, Alabama: about 6.1 mph
- Phoenix, Arizona: about 6.1 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00013881. Average wind speed, not gusts.