Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2838 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach, located 24 km away (15 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach blows from the ESE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 27% of the time (8 days in an average May). In a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach

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