Wind Direction, January
WorldPhysical EnvironmentWind direction relative to atmospheric pressure during January.
natureA map illustrates global wind directions for January using arrows, showing the movement patterns of winds across different regions.
The arrows indicate the movement patterns of winds. In the northern hemisphere, the winds circulate clockwise around high-pressure zones and counterclockwise around low-pressure zones. In the southern hemisphere, the winds circulate counterclockwise around high-pressure zones and clockwise around low-pressure zones.
Wind Direction, January | No data | Arid and low water use | Low (<10%) | Low-medium (10-20%) | Medium-high (20-40%) | High (40-80%) | Extremely high (>80%) | Abyssal clay | Calcareous ooze | Continental (lithogenous) | Diatom | Radiolarian | |
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Arizona | 3.34% | 9.37% | 6.97% | 0.448% | 4.52% | ||||||||
Utah | 20.8% | 13.7% | 0.313% | 0.420% | 49.5% | ||||||||
Yukon | 0.923% | 99.0% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||||
Idaho | 0.772% | 13.8% | 28.4% | 8.83% | 44.9% | ||||||||
New Hampshire | 17.2% | 33.7% | 40.5% | 8.46% | |||||||||
Rhode Island | 0.183% | 86.5% | 6.09% | ||||||||||
Vermont | 7.27% | 88.3% | 4.41% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 21.7% | 0.541% | 70.3% | ||||||||||
Montana | 28.7% | 2.60% | 14.6% | 5.24% | 35.2% | ||||||||
North Dakota | 7.38% | 3.22% | 4.45% | 0.249% | 9.67% | 36.7% | |||||||
Kentucky | 76.6% | 17.7% | 5.68% | ||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 4.25% | 59.9% | 2.62% | 2.54% | 2.67% | 0.868% | |||||||
Mississippi | 74.5% | 1.57% | 23.9% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 63.6% | 17.6% | 14.6% | ||||||||||
Nebraska | 0.605% | 3.54% | 22.3% | 73.5% | |||||||||
Missouri | 45.5% | 14.9% | 0.131% | 5.37% | |||||||||
Oregon | 14.3% | 48.2% | 11.8% | 4.82% | 0.772% | 0.847% | |||||||
Alabama | 92.6% | 5.45% | 0.987% | ||||||||||
New Mexico | 30.3% | 0.128% | 7.32% | 21.7% | |||||||||
Kansas | 0.176% | 1.82% | 13.8% | 68.4% | |||||||||
Wisconsin | 5.67% | 25.0% | 40.8% | 9.68% | |||||||||
Michigan | 56.0% | 3.00% | 4.63% | 9.70% | |||||||||
Alberta | 3.52% | 56.8% | 0.267% | 4.01% | 3.67% | 11.4% | |||||||
Connecticut | 0.460% | 29.6% | 24.9% | 23.8% | 1.35% | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.42% | 27.8% | 49.9% | 3.96% | |||||||||
Colorado | 0.795% | 9.40% | 85.2% | ||||||||||
Nevada | 8.21% | 0.731% | 1.40% | 0.413% | 2.80% | 24.0% | |||||||
Georgia | 8.71% | 47.0% | 37.9% | ||||||||||
Manitoba | 0.656% | 83.1% | 11.7% | 2.04% | 1.39% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 11.4% | 5.60% | 4.28% | 17.9% | 30.0% | ||||||||
Tennessee | 90.1% | 5.50% | |||||||||||
Arkansas | 12.6% | 46.8% | 33.2% | 6.01% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 32.7% | 3.47% | 37.3% | 22.0% | |||||||||
Ohio | 3.42% | 0.721% | 29.0% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 0.434% | 1.19% | 8.61% | 4.78% | |||||||||
Minnesota | 21.0% | 3.81% | 13.1% | 23.4% | 22.0% | ||||||||
Iowa | 26.6% | 12.5% | 44.0% | 16.3% | 0.628% | ||||||||
Illinois | 30.9% | 0.187% | 44.1% | 9.75% | |||||||||
Alaska | 0.132% | 87.9% | 0.193% | 0.154% | 1.32% | 4.76% | 0.351% | ||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.342% | 3.62% | 3.51% | ||||||||||
Florida | 10.4% | 12.0% | 0.279% | 0.266% | 0.590% | 0.488% | 2.42% | ||||||
Washington | 72.6% | 3.37% | 5.42% | 0.287% | 6.53% | 1.71% | |||||||
Nunavut | 0.979% | 18.2% | 7.75% | ||||||||||
Maine | 94.9% | 2.65% | 0.228% | 0.817% | 1.41% | ||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.182% | 80.1% | 12.7% | ||||||||||
Virginia | 11.9% | 0.775% | 16.4% | 1.64% | 1.95% | ||||||||
Delaware | 0.105% | 37.7% | 61.1% | 0.888% | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 98.5% | 100% | |||||||||||
Texas | 4.07% | 3.41% | 2.84% | 1.94% | 22.5% | 2.71% | 0.242% | ||||||
Louisiana | 54.5% | 20.6% | 5.75% | 0.456% | 1.85% | ||||||||
Hawaii | 7.82% | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 0.116% | 12.2% | 54.7% | 3.14% | 0.982% | 0.789% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 99.5% | 1.14% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 92.0% | 1.55% | 0.285% | 2.00% | |||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 74.5% | 4.95% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.162% | 3.07% | 94.0% | 1.76% | 0.212% | ||||||||
South Carolina | 0.748% | 24.6% | 36.2% | 0.109% | |||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.206% | 0.166% | 33.6% | 8.30% | 30.7% | 0.884% | 11.7% | ||||||
New York | 25.4% | 5.89% | 56.3% | 5.19% | 0.401% | 2.58% | |||||||
Maryland | 0.151% | 4.45% | 64.3% | 1.05% | 8.49% | 1.35% | |||||||
Québec | 99.1% | 0.240% | 1.05% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 97.2% | 1.67% | 1.13% | 0.313% | |||||||||
California | 0.688% | 12.5% | 0.232% | 17.8% | 2.26% | 1.00% | 0.884% | ||||||
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