Wind statistics for Milwaukee

Annual wind, gust, rain and temperature statistics for Milwaukee, United States — from archive 3 years.

Statistics

At a glance

  • Average wind: 8.6 mph
  • Average gusts: 18.1 mph
  • Average daily rain: 2.5 mm
  • Average temperature: 10°C
  • Good kite days: 126 a year
  • Best month: February (kite score 96/100)
  • Windiest month: March (9.8 mph)
  • Calmest month: July (6.5 mph)
  • Rainiest month: April (4.3 mm)

How Milwaukee compares

Milwaukee ranks #51 of 326 cities worldwide for average wind speed — windier than 84% of the cities we track. Its best kite-flying month, February, scores 96/100 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 mph19.6 mph1.6 mm-6°C1885YES
February8.9 mph18.2 mph0.8 mm-2°C1396YES
March9.8 mph20.5 mph2.8 mm4°C1385YES
April9.5 mph20.4 mph4.3 mm9°C870EH…
May7.9 mph17.9 mph2.9 mm14°C885YES
June7.9 mph18.0 mph4.0 mm21°C770EH…
July6.5 mph15.4 mph2.8 mm23°C372EH…
August7.5 mph16.2 mph3.0 mm22°C982YES
September7.2 mph15.1 mph1.7 mm19°C785YES
October9.3 mph18.7 mph2.0 mm13°C1285YES
November9.5 mph19.3 mph2.1 mm5°C1585YES
December9.0 mph18.0 mph1.5 mm-1°C1396YES

"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 Milwaukee, or check today's live wind forecast.

Source

Computed from archive 3 years for Milwaukee 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.