Wellington Wind Walk

How windy is it right now? Check the Metservice Wind Map to find out.
The strongest wind speeds ever recorded in Wellington were at Hawkins Hill (just up from the wind turbine!) of 248km/h (134 knots) on 6 November 1959 and 4 July 1962.
October is Wellington’s windiest month.
The wind is pretty important for some people. Windsurfers, for example. Those last two facts come from a great page from the Wellington Windsurfing Association that asks: How windy is Wellington?
Te Ara: the encyclopedia of New Zealand has the story of Tawhirimatea, the god of wind and storms.
How windy is Wellington anyway? Te Ara says:

The capital is known as ‘windy Wellington’, but in fact average wind speeds there are not much higher than in other coastal cities such as Invercargill and Auckland. Its reputation stems more from the powerful gusts – over 60 km per hour – which blast the city 173 days a year, compared with 30 days a year for Rotorua and 35 for Nelson.”

But it looks pretty windy in this picture!
And the windy weather has caused several shipwrecks on Wellington’s coast.
And here and here are a couple of photos of Wellington’s wind in full effect.