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    How windy is Olympia?

    Olympia right now

    48°FClear skies

    • Today57°F / 49°FRain
    • Tomorrow54°F / 45°FRain
    • Monday53°F / 41°FRain
    Make the most of it, obviously.

    Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.

    Across a typical year, the wind in Olympia averages about 5.5 mph.

    March is the windiest month, at about 6.1 mph, and September the calmest, at about 4.7 mph. There’s no wind at all about 28% of the time. That makes it the joint 5th 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 13 mph.

    Olympia averages about 5.5 mph of wind, and it’s calm about 28% of the time, so the Sound’s drizzle falls nice and straight.

    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 year5.5 mph
    Windiest monthMarch, 6.1 mph
    Calmest monthSeptember, 4.7 mph
    Hours with no wind at all28%

    Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.

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    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00024227. Average wind speed, not gusts.