Windy cities · North Carolina
How windy is Greensboro?
Across a typical year, the wind in Greensboro averages about 7.1 mph.
April is the windiest month, at about 8.8 mph, and August the calmest, at about 5.8 mph. There’s no wind at all about 13% of the time. That makes it the joint 30th 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 12 mph.
Greensboro averages about 7.1 mph of wind, a soft Piedmont breeze most of the year.
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 | 7.1 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | April, 8.8 mph |
| Calmest month | August, 5.8 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 13% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Little Rock, Arkansas: about 7.1 mph
- Mobile, Alabama: about 7.1 mph
- Shreveport, Louisiana: about 7.2 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00013723. Average wind speed, not gusts.