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An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future.

This map shows you a historical snapshot of the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. See the live map for current winds.

Wind map prints are available from Point.B Studio.

Read more about wind and about wind power.




The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company. We've done our best to make this as accurate as possible, but can't make any guarantees about the correctness of the data or our software. Please do not use the map or its data to fly a plane, sail a boat, or fight wildfires :-)

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Surface wind data from the National Digital Forecast Database. (For those of you chasing top wind speed, note that maximum speed may occur over lakes or just offshore.)

If you're looking for a weather map, or just want more detail on the weather today, see these more traditional maps of temperature and wind.

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