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Inland Southern California's Santa Ana winds are the most god awful, annoying, external force in the history of the earth.
That's true, but it's a seasonal wind. The Santa Ana winds don't occur from around June to September, in general.
Except for the fire danger, I kind of like the S.A. winds. Creates good visibility unless they are very strong, then they kick up a lot of dust and dirt.
And it's great during the mid-winter when a warm S.A. wind starts blowing and brings the temperature up from the high 50s to 70 degrees... even at night.
New York City exists because of the wind. When Henry Hudson first sailed into what is now New York Harbor, he noted in his journal that it was a calm harbor, sheltered from the open sea, where a sailor could catch a wind in any direction.
If you've ever walked on a New York City street with an open umbrella on a windy day, you know what he meant. Your umbrella will be turned inside out, and when you think you've got it aimed against the wind, the wind will suddenly shift, coming from the other direction and turn it inside out from that side.
I have been picked up by the wind near the Hudson just after getting off the ferry (on a day when they were warning about 60 mph gusts) and knocked to the ground. I am six feet tall, so it's not as if I'm some cutesy little petite helpless thing, either. This was like a river of air that whooshed down between two buildings and knocked me off my feet. I can remember being on the ground and seeing a woman across the street holding onto an awning pole in front of a restaurant for dear life.
The windiest street I've seen is Lombard St. in San Francisco. It winds down a steep slope with sharp, sharp cutbacks, back and forth, winding down the steep hill.
The least windy streets are in Kansas, most of the roads are perfectly straight and don't wind around at all. Also some roads in the Mojave Desert are like that.
I have just seen windiest citys. Does any one know were the least windiest states or citys are.I have lived in Wyo. and Co.I need to find a place where it is calmer.I can not take the wind anymore.Thank You.
Going by the one list Medford, Oregon looked to be low on wind. The highest monthly average for Medford was June when wind speeds average 5.9 mph. Mississippi looks to be fairly low on wind. Jackson's 8.7 mph, for March, looks to be the highest I see among Mississippi places they list. Elko, Nevada also looks low on wind and Oak Ridge, Tennessee looks to be more mild than Medford.
I actually like wind myself, it's invigorating to me. Although high winds are bit of a safety hazard with regard to my van. Amarillo, Texas looks to be the windiest metropolitan area they list and I guess it could be too much wind for me, maybe.
Going by the one list Medford, Oregon looked to be low on wind. The highest monthly average for Medford was June when wind speeds average 5.9 mph. Mississippi looks to be fairly low on wind. Jackson's 8.7 mph, for March, looks to be the highest I see among Mississippi places they list. Elko, Nevada also looks low on wind and Oak Ridge, Tennessee looks to be more mild than Medford.
I actually like wind myself, it's invigorating to me. Although high winds are bit of a safety hazard with regard to my van. Amarillo, Texas looks to be the windiest metropolitan area they list and I guess it could be too much wind for me, maybe.
Yeah the West Texas wind can get pretty ridiculous. But I know what you mean about wind being kind of nice. In Texas, it gets so hot that having quite a bit of wind can actually be a good thing because it can make it feel cooler outside.
The winds blowing across the Dakotas can be pretty brutal, especially in the winter. Fargo, ND and Sioux Falls, SD are windy probably a majority of the time.
Re: West Texas -- I remember being surprised by how windy it was in El Paso when I was there.
Humphreys Peak Arizona has had some high windspeeds some nearly as high as Mount Washington.
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