TABLE 4. Average Annual Wind Speed, m/s at the
45.7 m Level at 36 Candidate Sites
| Name of Site |
Annual Averaqe Wind Speed, m/s at 45.7 m |
| 1977 |
1978
| 1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
| Amarillo, TX |
8.3 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
9.1 |
7.7 |
| Auspurger Mt., WA |
8.6 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Big Sable Pt., MI |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8.8 |
| Block Island, RI |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.0 |
7.7 |
7.4 |
| Boardman, OR |
5.9(a) |
4.8(a) |
5.4(a) |
5.6(a) |
5.4(a) |
| Boone, NC |
8.0 |
7.0 |
7.8 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
| Bridger Butte, WY |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8.5 |
| Cape Blanco, OR |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
7.9 |
| Clayton, NM |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
7.2 |
| Cold Bay, AK |
9.6(b) |
8.3(b) |
7.1(b) |
7.1(b) |
6.4(b) |
| Culebra, PR |
6.9 |
7.1 |
7.4 |
6.7 |
7.1 |
| Diablo Dam, WA |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
5.6 |
| Finley, ND |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
9.4 |
| Fort Sill, OK |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
9.2 |
| Holyoke, MA |
7.2 |
7.1 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
5.8(c) |
| Huron, SD |
6.7 |
6.6 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
7.4 |
| Ilio Pt., Molokai, HI |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
10.9(c) |
| Kaena Pt., Oahu, HI |
8.0 |
8.4 |
7.2 |
--- |
--- |
| Kahua Ranch, Hawaii |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
11.3(c) |
| Kahuku, Oahu, HI |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8.4(c) |
| Kingsley Dam, NE |
6.8 |
7.0 |
6.2 |
6.3 |
6.2 |
| Livingston, MT |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8.0 |
| Ludington, MI |
7.6 |
N/A |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Meade, KS |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8.0 |
| Minot, ND |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8.3 |
| Montauk, NY |
7.2 |
7.4 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
7.0 |
| Nantucket, MA |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
9.1 |
| Point Arena, CA |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.4 |
6.0 |
7.1(c) |
| Provincetown, MA |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
9.7 |
| Romero Overlook, CA |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
6.1 |
| Russell, KS |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.0 |
6.8 |
7.1 |
| San Augustin Pass, NM |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8.6 |
| San Gorgonio Pass, CA |
7.9 |
8.1 |
7.2 |
8.1 |
7.1 |
| Stratton Mt., VT |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
11.4(c) |
| Tucumcari, NM |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8.7 |
| Wells, NV |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
7.9 |
(a) 39.6 m
(b) 21.8 m
(c) Data recovery less than 40%
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