List of local winds
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The list covers local winds and local weather phenomena including seasonal winds.
- Abroholos (squall frequent wind that occurs from May through August between Cabo de Sao Tome and Cabo Frio on the coast of Brazil)
- Alize (northeasterly across central Africa and the Caribbean)
- Alizé Maritime (wet, fresh northerly wind across west central Africa)
- Amihan (northeasterly wind across the Philippines)
- Bayamo (violent wind on Cuba's southern coast)
- Bora (northeasterly from eastern Europe to northeastern Italy)
- Cape Doctor (dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast in summer)
- Chinook (warm dry westerly off the Rocky Mountains)
- Etesian (Greek name) or Meltem (Turkish name) (northerly across Greece and Turkey)
- Föhn (warm dry southerly off the northern side of the Alps and the North Italy), the name gave rise to the fén-fēng (焚風 'burning wind') of Taiwan
- Fremantle Doctor (afternoon sea breeze from the Indian Ocean which cools Perth, Western Australia during summer)
- Gilavar (south wind in the Absheron Peninsula of the Azerbaijan Republic)
- Gregale (northeasterly from Greece)
- Habagat (southwesterly wind across the Philippines)
- Harmattan (dry northerly wind across central Africa)
- Halny (in northern Carpathians)
- Helm Wind (north-easterly wind in Cumbria, England)
- Khamsin (southeasterly from north Africa to the eastern Mediterranean)
- Khazri (cold north wind in the Absheron Peninsula of the Azerbaijan Republic)
- Kona (southeast wind in Hawaii, replacing trade winds, bringing high humidity and often rain)
- Košava (strong and cold southeasterly season wind in Serbia)
- Viento de Levante (easterly through Strait of Gibraltar)
- Libeccio (southwesterly towards Italy)
- Maestro (cold northerly in the Adriatic sea)
- Marin (south-easterly from Mediterranean to France)
- Minuano (southern Brazil)
- Mistral (cold northerly from central France and the Alps to Mediterranean)
- Monsoon (mainly south-westerly winds combined with heavy rain in various areas close to the equator)
- Nor'easter (strong storm with winds from the northeast in the eastern United States, especially New England)
- Nor'wester (wind that brings rain to the West Coast, and warm dry winds to the East Coast of New Zealand)
- Ostro (southerly wind in the Mediterranean)
- Pampero, (Argentina), (very strong wind which blows in the Pampa)
- Papagayo (periodic wind which blows across Nicaragua and Costa Rica and out over the Gulf of Papagayo)
- Passat, (Tropic) (medium strong, constant blowing Wind in tropical Sea-Areas)
- Rasha-ba (strong wind in Iraq Kurdistan Region, particularly in Sulaimaniya. The word is Kurdish for Black-wind)
- Santa Ana winds (southern California)
- Shamal (wind) (Kurdish term, signifying a summer northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states)
- Simoom (strong, dry, desert wind that blows in the Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the desert of Arabia)
- Sirocco (southerly from north Africa to southern Europe)
- Southerly Buster (rapidly arriving low pressure cell that dramatically cools Sydney, Australia during summer)
- Sou'wester (strong wind which blows from the southwest, and also a type of waterproof hat designed to protect from and repel wind and rain)
- Squamish (wind) (strong, violent wind occurring in many of the fjords of British Columbia)
- Sundowner (wind), (strong offshore wind off the California coast)
- Tehuano (periodic wind which blows across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico and out over the Gulf of Tehuantepec)
- Tramontane (cold northwesterly from the Pyrenees or northeasterly from the Alps to the Mediterranean, similar to Mistral)
- Vendavel (westerly through the Strait of Gibraltar)
- Zonda wind (on the eastern slope of the Andes in Argentina)
