Wind Speed Statistics - Motorola PTP 300 Series User Manual

4.7.3 Wind Speed Statistics

Installers are recommended to contact the national meteorological office for the country
concerned to identify the likely wind speeds prevalent at the proposed location. This will
enable the installer to estimate the total wind loading on the support structures.
Examples of the sort of statistics that are available are:
USA - Reported Fastest Single Wind Velocities for Selected U.S. Cities
(Source: National Weather Service).
UK Meteorological Office,
Peak wind speed contour maps can be found as Fig 3a/3b at:
http://www.meto.gov.uk/education/historic/1987.html
4Gon www.4Gon.co.uk info@4gon.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1245 808195 Fax: +44 (0)1245 808299
City, State
Bismarck, North Dakota
Buffalo, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Hatteras, North Carolina
Miami, Florida
New York, New York
Pensacola, Florida
www.meto.gov.uk
4 Planning Considerations
Wind Velocity
(mph)
72
91
87
110
132
99
114
36