The prevailing wind direction in Kingston is South West, roughly aligned with the Harbour's geographic axis.

Here are wind normals for Kingston, Ontario.

Source: Canadian Climate Normals, Environment Canada . Speeds therein are given in km/h, and those are converted and displayed here in knots.

The weather station is located on top of Point Henry which is bounded by Deadman's Bay to the southeast and Navy Bay to the southwest with the point of land projecting into the St. Lawrence River.

Anemometer exposure is good in all directions except the north which is sheltered from trees around staff dwellings.

Height of anemometer: 13.4m

See also Wind Sensors

Percent Frequency

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
N	5.9	7.4	8.4	9.2	6.3	4.5	5.6	6.8	10.9	5.4	5.3	8.6	7.0	N
NE	18.8	17.6	21.7	15.0	11.6	11.0	8.2	9.5	18.3	8.8	20.0	21.6	15.2	NE
E	3.3	3.4	5.2	6.7	4.3	3.8	2.0	4.8	3.6	3.5	6.3	4.0	4.2	E
SE	7.9	7.6	7.7	13.6	7.4	5.9	5.6	7.0	8.1	7.3	8.2	9.4	8.0	SE
S	8.4	10.2	8.0	6.1	5.8	8.6	6.4	6.0	8.2	10.7	10.9	6.5	8.0	S
SW	18.7	18.6	22.5	26.7	42.9	48.7	47.9	36.9	25.7	33.4	18.7	15.5	29.7	SW
W	20.5	18.8	11.1	9.0	8.3	5.2	7.2	9.3	8.2	13.2	14.3	18.2	11.9	W
NW	15.6	14.8	13.5	11.5	11.3	10.6	14.0	16.9	12.7	15.5	14.7	15.1	13.9	NW
Calm	0.9	1.6	1.9	2.2	2.1	1.7	3.1	2.8	4.3	2.2	1.6	1.1	2.1	Calm

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Mean Wind Speed in Knots

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
N	6.2	7.6	6.3	7.7	7.0	5.1	6.3	5.9	7.3	7.1	5.6	8.0	6.7	N
NE	9.9	8.4	8.4	9.0	9.1	8.0	6.8	6.6	7.3	7.6	8.3	9.6	8.3	NE
E	5.8	5.2	5.6	6.2	5.2	4.0	3.4	4.1	3.8	4.4	5.8	5.9	5.0	E
SE	8.4	8.6	7.7	8.4	6.5	5.0	5.6	6.3	6.9	8.5	9.7	9.1	7.6	SE
S	9.0	10.7	6.4	7.9	7.8	5.2	5.9	7.2	9.7	10.3	11.9	12.6	8.7	S
SW	13.2	11.2	10.3	8.9	9.8	7.8	9.2	10.0	10.3	12.0	14.6	13.4	10.9	SW
W	10.9	11.8	9.8	11.3	10.3	7.2	7.3	7.9	8.1	9.3	11.1	10.3	9.6	W
NW	7.7	7.9	7.2	7.5	7.9	7.2	6.1	7.1	6.9	7.6	8.8	7.3	7.5	NW

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