How Windy Is Lubbock? A New Study Ranks It Among the Nation’s Windiest Cities

It's windy in Lubbock, Texas, as anyone who has lived there can tell you. A new Redfin study proves it. The real estate company ranked the 10 windiest U.S. cities with populations of 100,000 or more. With an average yearly wind speed of 12 mph, Lubbock came in at number three.

Rapid gusts of wind happen often in Lubbock. According to Redfin, the city's fastest recorded wind speed was 90 mph in 1952. There is a lot of wind in these towns. Amarillo, Texas, is number one, and Rochester, Minnesota, is number two. Corpus Christi, Texas, is number four on the list of places.

Amarillo, Texas, at number one, is the top U.S. city with the most wind. Second is Rochester, Minnesota, with Lubbock, Texas, in third. Corpus Christi, Texas, and Wichita, Kansas follow in fourth and fifth, respectively. 

The top ten list continues with Boston, Massachusetts, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Wichita Falls, Texas, Fargo, North Dakota, and Abilene, Texas at tenth place. 

People who live in Lubbock may not be surprised by the city's strong winds, but the ranking shows how unique the city's climate is and how strong the breezes are all year. Every day in Lubbock, Texas, there is wind. It can be dust storms, high plains gusts, or a breezy day.

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