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WIPP RH PSAR DOE/WIPP-03-3174 CHAPTER 2
Table 2.4-2
Recurrence Intervals for High Winds in Southeastern New Mexico*
Speed, mph
Recurrence, years 30’ 50’ 100’ 150’
2 58 62 65 73
10 68 73 81 86
25 72 77 86 91
50 80 86 95 101
100 82 88 97 103
*O. G. Sutton, Micrometeorology (McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New or, 1953), p. 238.
2.4-22 January 24, 2003