Wind statistics for Hamilton
Annual wind, gust, rain and temperature statistics for Hamilton, New Zealand — from archive 3 years.
StatisticsAt a glance
- Average wind: 7.6 mph
- Average gusts: 14.8 mph
- Average daily rain: 3.5 mm
- Average temperature: 14°C
- Good kite days: 67 a year
- Best month: August (kite score 85/100)
- Windiest month: September (9.6 mph)
- Calmest month: May (6.2 mph)
- Rainiest month: April (4.3 mm)
How Hamilton compares
Hamilton ranks #100 of 326 cities worldwide for average wind speed — windier than 69% of the cities we track. Its best kite-flying month, August, scores 85/100 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:
| Month | Wind | Gusts | Rain | Temp | Good days | Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9 mph | 16.3 mph | 4.0 mm | 19°C | 7 | 70 | EH… |
| February | 6.4 mph | 13.6 mph | 1.9 mm | 19°C | 5 | 78 | EH… |
| March | 6.9 mph | 14.0 mph | 2.3 mm | 17°C | 6 | 81 | YES |
| April | 8.0 mph | 15.5 mph | 4.3 mm | 16°C | 5 | 70 | EH… |
| May | 6.2 mph | 12.0 mph | 2.2 mm | 12°C | 4 | 73 | EH… |
| June | 7.0 mph | 13.3 mph | 4.1 mm | 11°C | 3 | 68 | EH… |
| July | 6.6 mph | 12.7 mph | 4.2 mm | 9°C | 1 | 63 | EH… |
| August | 7.6 mph | 14.0 mph | 2.7 mm | 9°C | 4 | 85 | YES |
| September | 9.6 mph | 17.6 mph | 3.9 mm | 12°C | 8 | 70 | EH… |
| October | 9.4 mph | 17.7 mph | 3.7 mm | 14°C | 10 | 70 | EH… |
| November | 7.5 mph | 14.8 mph | 4.2 mm | 16°C | 7 | 70 | EH… |
| December | 8.1 mph | 16.5 mph | 4.0 mm | 18°C | 7 | 70 | EH… |
"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%).
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Source
Computed from archive 3 years for Hamilton 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.