Hartlepool Wind Stats

This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hartlepool, located 37 km away (23 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Hartlepool blows from the NE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hartlepool. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 26% of the time (4 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Hartlepool

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