Paranal 2000-2023 Annual Wind Speed Statistics (30m above ground level, in m/s)

Year/Percentiles 0.5% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 50% 75% 90% 95% 97.5% 99% 99.5% 99.9% 99.95% mean std N
2000 0.4 1.5 2.2 2.8 3.3 3.8 6.2 9.5 12.8 15.1 16.9 19.7 21.5 23.9 24.6 7.0 4.2 517035
2001 0.4 1.5 2.2 2.8 3.4 3.9 6.3 9.3 12.7 15.1 16.9 18.9 20.1 22.7 23.4 6.9 4.1 506442
2002 0.4 1.6 2.3 2.9 3.5 4.0 6.3 9.6 13.1 15.3 17.1 19.0 20.4 23.0 23.7 7.1 4.2 511047
2003 0.4 1.4 2.0 2.6 3.0 3.5 5.5 8.2 11.4 13.3 14.9 16.5 17.6 20.1 20.9 6.2 3.6 511941
2004 0.5 1.6 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.9 6.1 9.2 13.0 15.3 17.1 19.0 20.5 22.8 23.5 6.9 4.2 515946
2005 0.4 1.5 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.6 5.8 8.7 11.9 14.0 15.8 18.0 19.3 22.1 23.8 6.5 3.9 509766
2006 0.4 1.5 2.2 2.8 3.2 3.7 5.8 8.5 11.9 14.0 15.6 17.5 18.8 20.9 21.9 6.5 3.8 513826
2007 0.4 1.8 2.6 3.3 3.9 4.4 7.0 9.9 13.2 15.1 16.6 18.0 19.0 20.9 21.7 7.5 4.0 494546
2008 0.3 1.5 2.2 2.8 3.3 3.8 6.2 9.3 12.8 14.8 16.6 19.3 21.0 23.2 23.8 6.9 4.2 497176
2009 0.3 1.4 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.5 5.5 8.2 11.4 13.5 15.3 17.4 18.7 20.9 21.5 6.2 3.7 454599
2010 0.4 1.6 2.3 2.9 3.5 4.0 6.3 9.5 13.3 16.2 18.4 20.5 21.9 24.9 25.8 7.2 4.4 446755
2011 0.4 1.6 2.3 3.0 3.5 4.0 6.5 9.7 13.6 16.2 18.4 21.2 22.9 26.1 27.1 7.3 4.5 503633
2012 0.4 1.5 2.2 2.8 3.3 3.8 6.1 9.1 12.7 14.9 17.1 19.7 21.1 23.2 23.9 6.9 4.2 507671
2013 0.4 1.5 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.9 6.0 8.6 11.5 13.4 15.2 17.4 19.0 22.1 23.0 6.6 3.7 492810
2014 0.5 1.6 2.4 3.0 3.5 4.0 6.2 9.4 12.5 14.6 16.6 19.0 21.5 26.1 28.0 7.0 4.1 421947
2015 0.5 1.5 2.2 2.8 3.3 3.7 5.9 8.7 12.1 14.6 16.6 18.7 20.3 23.2 24.2 6.6 4.0 416372
2016 0.4 1.7 2.4 3.0 3.5 4.1 6.5 9.3 12.7 14.7 16.2 18.0 19.2 21.5 22.2 7.0 4.0 517417
2017 0.4 1.5 2.3 2.9 3.5 4.0 6.3 9.7 14.0 16.4 18.6 21.2 22.5 24.9 26.0 7.3 4.6 519208
2019 0.4 1.6 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.9 6.2 9.7 13.3 15.4 17.1 19.0 20.5 23.0 24.1 7.1 4.3 522936
2020 0.4 1.4 2.1 2.7 3.2 3.7 5.9 8.7 12.4 14.9 16.8 19.2 21.1 24.0 24.9 6.7 4.1 525099
2021 0.5 1.8 2.6 3.3 3.9 4.5 7.1 10.5 14.6 16.8 18.5 20.1 21.0 23.1 24.1 7.9 4.5 523461
2022 0.5 1.7 2.5 3.1 3.7 4.2 6.7 10.2 13.9 16.2 18.0 19.8 20.9 22.9 23.5 7.5 4.4 523408
2023 0.3 1.4 2.0 2.6 3.1 3.6 5.8 8.7 12.0 14.2 16.3 18.8 20.7 23.4 24.1 6.52 4.01 525538