Windy cities · California
How windy is Los Angeles?
Across a typical year, the wind in Los Angeles averages about 7.3 mph.
April is the windiest month, at about 8.5 mph, and January the calmest, at about 6.2 mph. There’s no wind at all about 12% of the time. That makes it the joint 34th 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 4 mph.
Los Angeles averages about 7.3 mph at the airport, so the ocean breeze does the work the freeways can’t.
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 | 7.3 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | April, 8.5 mph |
| Calmest month | January, 6.2 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 12% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Portland, Oregon: about 7.3 mph
- Shreveport, Louisiana: about 7.2 mph
- Houston, Texas: about 7.4 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00023174. Average wind speed, not gusts.