This collection of wind maps and assessments details the wind resource in the United States.

If you have difficulty accessing these maps because of a disability, contact the Geospatial Data Science Team.

Wind Prospector 

This GIS application supports resource assessment and data exploration for wind development.

Wind Speed Maps

U.S. Annual Average Wind Speed at 30 mJPG

State maps are available on the WINDExchange website.

U.S. 100-m Wind SpeedJPG

Wind Resource Maps

U.S. Wind Power Resource, Wind Speed at 100-m Hub HeightPDF

U.S. 80-m Wind Resource: LandJPG

Additional 80-m maps using higher-resolution data are available from the WINDExchange and U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office websites.

 

 

U.S. 80-m Wind Resource: Land and OffshoreJPG

Additional 80-m maps using higher-resolution data are available from the WINDExchange and U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office websites.

U.S. 90-m Offshore Wind ResourceJPG

U.S. 50-m Wind ResourceJPG

Poster sizePDF also available.

 

via https://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind.html