Wind rose for South Shore Met Station, Oregon
The wind rose chart is often used to visualize wind patterns. In this example, the chart shows the wind speed distribution. This is achieved with a polar stacked column chart.
Table of Frequencies (percent) | ||||||||
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Direction | < 0.5 m/s | 0.5-2 m/s | 2-4 m/s | 4-6 m/s | 6-8 m/s | 8-10 m/s | > 10 m/s | Total |
N | 1.81 | 1.78 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.75 |
NNE | 0.62 | 1.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.71 |
NE | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.71 |
ENE | 0.59 | 1.22 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.88 |
E | 0.62 | 2.20 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.32 |
ESE | 1.22 | 2.01 | 1.55 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
SE | 1.61 | 3.06 | 2.37 | 2.14 | 1.74 | 0.39 | 0.13 | 11.45 |
SSE | 2.04 | 3.42 | 1.97 | 0.86 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 9.31 |
S | 2.66 | 4.74 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.83 |
SSW | 2.96 | 4.14 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.37 |
SW | 2.53 | 4.01 | 1.22 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.39 |
WSW | 1.97 | 2.66 | 1.97 | 0.79 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.70 |
W | 1.64 | 1.71 | 0.92 | 1.45 | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 6.09 |
WNW | 1.32 | 2.40 | 0.99 | 1.61 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.64 |
NW | 1.58 | 4.28 | 1.28 | 0.76 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.03 | 9.28 |
NNW | 1.51 | 5.00 | 1.32 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 8.39 |
Total | 25.53 | 44.54 | 15.07 | 8.52 | 4.31 | 1.81 | 0.23 |