10 Cities Where Your Dress Is Likely to be Blowing Up In The Wind

We have all been there or at least borne witness to the following:

Wind blows up dress

Dress blowing up in wind

Wind blowing up dress

Sure, Chicago may be known as the “Windy City” but the reality is that there are many other cities that take the prize for Windiest Cities in America. Brace yourself -  this list might just blow you away! 

 

Better yet, you may just so inclined to get yourself a set of clothing weights, dress weights, hem weights - whatever you want to call them! They’ll be sure to keep the wind from blowing up dresses. 

Let's begin...

10. Goodland, Kansas • Annual avg. wind speed: 12.1 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 96 mph • Daily mean temp.: 51.29 degrees Fahrenheit

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you visit the Sherman Theater in the windy city of Goodland, Kansas.  

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9. Rochester, Minnesota  • Annual avg. wind speed: 12.2 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 90 mph • Daily mean temp.: 45.34 degrees Fahrenheit  

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you walk around the Douglas State trail in the windy city of Rochester, Minnesota. 

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8. Cheyenne, Wyoming • Annual avg. wind speed: 12.3 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 86 mph • Daily mean temp.: 46.34 degrees Fahrenheit

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you walk around the Wyoming State Museum in the windy city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

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7. Barrow, Alaska  • Annual avg. wind speed: 12.6 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 74 mph • Daily mean temp.: 11.69 degrees Fahrenheit  

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you visiting the Barrow Whale Bone Arch in the windy city of Barrow, Alaska. 

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6. Amarillo, Texas • Annual avg. wind speed: 12.8 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 99 mph • Daily mean temp.: 57.30 degrees Fahrenheit

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you walk around the Wonderland Amusement Park in the windy city of Amarillo, Texas. 

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5. Kahului, Hawaii • Annual avg. wind speed: 12.9 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 99 mph • Daily mean temp.: 75.83 degrees Fahrenheit 

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you visit the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in the windy city of Kahului, Hawaii. 

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4. Dodge City, Kansas • Annual avg. wind speed: 13.1 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 82 mph • Daily mean temp.: 55.33 degrees Fahrenheit

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you spend the day at the Long Branch Lagoon in the windy city of Dodge City, Kansas.  

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3. Lihue, Hawaii • Annual avg. wind speed: 13.3 mph  • Annual max. wind speed: 85 mph • Daily mean temp.: 75.77 degrees Fahrenheit 

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here  to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when visiting the windy beaches of Kalapaki in the windy city of Lihue, Hawaii. 

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2. St. Paul Island, Alaska • Annual avg. wind speed: 15.5 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 91 mph • Daily mean temp.: 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you walk along the cliffs in the windy city of St. Paul Island, Alaska. 

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1. Cold Bay, Alaska • Annual avg. wind speed: 16.1 mph • Annual max. wind speed: 96 mph • Daily mean temp.: 38.75 degrees Fahrenheit 

 

You’ll need some clothing weights or dress weights here to keep dresses down because wind blowing up skirts is going to happen when you walk around the Izembek Wildlife Refuge in the windy city of Cold Bay, Alaska. 

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So there you have it! Here at the top 10 windiest cities in America and places where you should definitely have clothing weights or dress weights to because the wind blows up dress(es) all across the windy country. 

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