Average Wind Speed (2 m)

The 5-minute average wind speed at 2 meters. Because of the characteristic response of the cup design, the Mesonet's dataloggers add 0.2 m/s to each observation greater than 0.2 m/s.

• The cup anemometer only counts the rotations of the sensor caused by the speed of the wind; it does not measure wind direction. Its range is from 0.5 to 50 m/s and it can withstand gusts of 60 m/s. The 2-meter wind speed mainly is used for agricultural purposes (e.g., to help estimate evapotranspiration of moisture from the soil).