The wind rose shows how often the wind comes from a certain direction. The directions have been split up into sixteen sections of 22.5 degrees. The longer a bar, the more often the wind comes from the corresponding direction. The wind rose presents a scale which can be used to read the relative frequency. All bars for each month count up to 100%.

These wind roses were constructed for the MN/DOT Snow Climatology Project
Click on the city to see the wind rose plots.

Austin Municipal Alexandria Baudette Bemidji Benson Municipal Big Fork Municipal Brainerd Brookings, SD Cambridge Cloquet-Carlton Co. Cook Municipal Crookston Detroit Lakes Dodge Center Airport Duluth Sky Harbor (Duluth) Eau Claire, WI Ely Municipal Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Fairmont Fargo, ND Faribault Municipal Flag Island Fosston Glencoe Municipal Airport Glenwood Grand Forks, ND Grand Marais (airport) Grand Marais (shore) Grand Rapids Hallock Hayward, WI Hibbing Hutchinson Municipal International Falls Jackson Municipal La Crosse, WI Litchfield Municipal Little Falls-Morrison County Longville Municipal Madison-Lac Qui Parle

Mankato Maple Lake Municipal Airport Marshall Minneapolis/Lakeville Minneapolis/St. Paul Intl. Montevideo-Chippewa Mora Municipal Morris Municipal New Ulm Municipal Orr Regional Ortonville Municipal Owatonna Municipal Park Rapids Princeton Municipal Pine River Pipestone Municipal Red Wing Redwood Falls Rice Lake, WI Rochester Roseau Municipal Rush City Municipal Airport Scotts Field (Crane Lake) Sky Harbor (Duluth) Silver Bay Sioux Falls, SD Staples Municipal South St. Paul St. Cloud St. James Municipal St. Paul Superior, WI Thief River Falls Two Harbors Worthington Warroad Waskish Municipal Watertown, SD Wheaton Willmar Municipal Windom Municipal Winona Municipal

Data prepared in conjunction with:

Climatological Characterization of Snowfall and Snow Drift in Minnesota (for the Design of Living Snow Fences) MN/DOT Agreement No. 74708

URL: http://climate.umn.edu/wind/windRoseClimatology.htm
Last modified: March 15, 2005