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How windy is Minneapolis?
Minneapolis right now
34°FClear skies
- Today40°F / 27°FClear skies
- Tomorrow48°F / 24°FClouds
- Monday52°F / 28°FClouds
Nice out. Annoyingly.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
Across a typical year, the wind in Minneapolis averages about 9.3 mph.
April is the windiest month, at about 10.7 mph, and August the calmest, at about 8.1 mph. There’s no wind at all about 7% of the time. That makes it the joint 36th 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 9 mph.
Minneapolis averages about 9.3 mph of wind, which in winter is just the cold looking for the gaps in a coat.
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 | 9.3 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | April, 10.7 mph |
| Calmest month | August, 8.1 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 7% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Bismarck, North Dakota: about 9.3 mph
- Springfield, Missouri: about 9.3 mph
- Tulsa, Oklahoma: about 9.3 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014922. Average wind speed, not gusts.