Long-Term Wind Characteristics at Selected Locations in Mauritius for Power Generation

Table 4

Weibull parameters for monthly wind data at Vacoas at 10 m above ground level.

Months	Parameters	1977–1986	1987–1996	1997–2006	2007–2013	1977–2013
January	(—)	1.45	2.13	2.05	2.43	2.19
	(m/s)	3.84	4.05	4.15	3.93	4.04
February	(—)	1.55	1.87	2.25	1.89	2.04
	(m/s)	4.12	4.01	4.36	4.02	4.20
March	(—)	2.18	2.27	2.22	2.31	2.32
	(m/s)	4.36	4.23	3.98	4.05	4.08
April	(—)	1.92	2.28	2.19	2.47	2.30
	(m/s)	3.83	4.34	4.04	3.98	4.09
May	(—)	2.61	2.37	1.91	2.13	2.21
	(m/s)	4.70	4.12	3.88	3.79	4.00
June	(—)	2.85	2.22	2.17	2.46	2.33
	(m/s)	4.68	4.20	4.12	4.09	4.20
July	(—)	2.86	2.42	2.68	2.53	2.45
	(m/s)	5.02	4.39	4.62	4.43	4.40
August	(—)	2.50	2.46	2.60	2.82	2.39
	(m/s)	5.00	4.68	4.71	4.41	4.39
September	(—)	2.50	2.24	2.36	2.67	2.39
	(m/s)	4.98	4.18	4.02	4.43	4.39
October	(—)	2.21	2.40	2.28	2.73	2.38
	(m/s)	4.31	4.33	3.93	4.21	4.18
November	(—)	2.14	2.09	2.15	2.60	2.29
	(m/s)	4.32	3.95	3.68	3.92	3.90
December	(—)	2.40	1.96	1.91	2.69	2.27
	(m/s)	4.50	3.85	3.45	4.05	4.00