Wellington, New Zealand is the windiest city in the world. It does not experience some of the extremely strong winds other places are subject to, but wind gusts in excess of 32knots (about 60km/h) are recorded on average on 173 days a year.

The strongest wind speed recorded is 248km/h and winds in excess of 140km/h are not uncommon.

This results in an annual mean wind speed of 22km/h and thus the windiest city in the world.

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