Wind roses for east central Florida. East (onshore) winds are important

[Dave-Vero]

The National Weather Service's Melbourne Office has wind roses for Daytona Beach, Orlando, Melbourne (Fla.) and Vero Beach. Lots of sea breeze. Of course, the all-important winter freezes always represent cold air that travels overland down the Florida peninsula. Amazing how it finds its way as far as Homestead (south of Miami).

[palmsOrl]

I find it somewhat surprising that the most common overall wind direction for Orlando is north. The east wind common along the east coast is what I would expect. The cold air has a clear path all the way to the southern tip of the peninsula. Rural areas west of Miami now tend to have winter minimums on the coldest nights as cold or colder than Orlando due to urbanization in the latter area.

Here's hoping we have a milder and wetter winter than normal. Everything looks so healthy and lush right now, it is going to be sad to see it all dry out.

[Jason in Orlando]

I find it somewhat surprising that the most common overall wind direction for Orlando is north.

Yeah, me too, especially since we seem to get a whole gale off the ocean just about every day from March through April.

Jason

[displaced_floridian]

Here is another version of wind patterns for some florida cities. Not exactly 'roses', they show a different pattern than that of the original poster. You can read more about how these were made at this site: http://pubs.awma.org...8/32_08_822.pdf