Wind statistics for Halifax

Annual wind, gust, rain and temperature statistics for Halifax, Canada — from archive 3 years.

Statistics

At a glance

  • Average wind: 8.8 mph
  • Average gusts: 19.2 mph
  • Average daily rain: 4.1 mm
  • Average temperature: 8°C
  • Good kite days: 94 a year
  • Best month: September (kite score 82/100)
  • Windiest month: March (10.2 mph)
  • Calmest month: August (7.1 mph)
  • Rainiest month: March (5.3 mm)

How Halifax compares

Halifax ranks #42 of 326 cities worldwide for average wind speed — windier than 87% of the cities we track. Its best kite-flying month, September, scores 82/100 on the kite scale.

Month by month

See the full breakdown of wind, gusts, rain, temperature and good days for every month, with scores and verdicts:

MonthWindGustsRainTempGood daysScoreVerdict
January9.7 mph20.7 mph3.5 mm-3°C1170EH…
February9.7 mph20.6 mph4.7 mm-3°C670EH…
March10.2 mph22.0 mph5.3 mm2°C970EH…
April9.2 mph20.5 mph3.8 mm5°C1070EH…
May8.6 mph19.3 mph4.2 mm10°C970EH…
June7.7 mph17.6 mph3.6 mm15°C770EH…
July7.5 mph17.0 mph3.2 mm19°C670EH…
August7.1 mph16.0 mph4.4 mm19°C369EH…
September7.5 mph16.3 mph2.9 mm17°C782YES
October8.3 mph17.8 mph4.0 mm12°C870EH…
November9.8 mph21.0 mph4.7 mm5°C870EH…
December10.0 mph21.1 mph4.9 mm0°C1070EH…

"Good days" = days with wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph and less than 2 mm rain. Scores mirror the live forecast weighting (wind 45%, gusts 25%, rain 20%, temp 10%).

Looking for the single best time to fly a kite? Read the best time to fly a kite in Halifax, or check today's live wind forecast.

Source

Computed from archive 3 years for Halifax using Open-Meteo historical data. A good kite day is wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph and under 2 mm of rain. See the full kite flying statistics for every city.