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Speed Unit Converter

Speed matters for wind loading, air movement in ducts and occupied spaces, and vehicle design in site and highway work. Wind data in particular arrives in whichever unit the source meteorological service prefers.

Units covered

Metres per second is the engineering standard for wind and air velocity. Kilometres per hour and miles per hour cover traffic and public-facing weather data. Feet per second appears in North American duct design, and knots in marine and aviation-derived wind records.

  • Metres per secondm/s
  • Kilometres per hourkm/h
  • Feet per secondft/s
  • Miles per hourmph
  • Knotkn

Where it is used

  • Converting a basic wind speed from a weather record in knots to m/s for a load calculation
  • Checking duct air velocity limits between metric and imperial design guides
  • Comparing draught and comfort criteria expressed in different velocity units
  • Setting design speeds for site access roads against a standard written in the other system

Speed conversions (20)

Each conversion opens the live converter with that pair preselected, plus the exact factor, worked examples and answers to common questions.

Wind speed also depends on averaging period

A three-second gust, a ten-minute mean and an hourly mean describe the same wind with very different numbers. Convert the unit here, but keep the averaging period from the source, because codes specify both.

Speed converts, pressure squares

Wind pressure scales with the square of velocity. A ten percent error in a converted wind speed becomes roughly twenty-one percent in the resulting pressure, so it is worth carrying full precision until the final rounding.

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