See where it falls in the ranking

To this point this spring, Oklahoma has been staying true to an iconic lyric from the official state music.

Sure, Oklahoma is the place “the place the wind comes sweeping down the plain,” particularly the final two weeks as high winds introduced fire weather and raging wildfires to the state.

And the state’s capital, Oklahoma Metropolis, is not any stranger to the wind. However how does it stack up in comparison with cities throughout the U.S.?

Here is what to learn about the place OKC falls among the many windiest cities in america.

OKC is seventh windiest metropolis within the U.S.

In response to a rating of the 10 windiest cities in the U.S. with a inhabitants of 100,000 or extra by Redfin, a real-estate brokerage firm, OKC lands at quantity seven.

Redfin ranked the cities based mostly on the annual common wind pace, and in Oklahoma Metropolis, that’s 11.3 miles per hour.

The corporate additionally famous that the Oklahoma Metropolis metro space holds the world’s unofficial highest wind pace, with the 1999 EF-5 Bridge Creek twister clocking 301 miles per hour. Nevertheless, that is simply an estimate, give or take 20 miles per hour, and isn’t an official document.

Formally, the document highest wind pace in Oklahoma Metropolis is 151 miles per hour in 2011, in line with Redfin.

Windiest cities within the U.S.

Redfin’s rankings of the windiest cities within the U.S. with a inhabitants of 100,000 or extra are:

The ten least windy cities within the U.S.

Redfin’s rankings of the least windy cities within the U.S. with a inhabitants of 100,000 or extra are:

This text initially appeared on Oklahoman: Oklahoma City is one of the windiest cities in the US: See rankings