Lincoln City Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 1342 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lincoln City, located 38 km away (24 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Lincoln City blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lincoln City. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each August) and blows offshore 14% of the time (4 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Lincoln City

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