List of local winds

The list covers local winds and local weather phenomena including seasonal winds.

*"Abroholos" (squall frequent wind that occurs from May through August between Cabo de Sao Tome and Cabo Frio on the coast of Brazil)
*" Alize" (northeasterly across central Africa and the Caribbean)
*"Alizé Maritime" (wet, fresh northerly wind across west central Africa)
*"Amihan" (northeasterly wind across the Philippines)
*"Bayamo" (violent wind on Cuba's southern coast)
*"Bora" (northeasterly from eastern Europe to northeastern Italy)
*"Calima" (dust-laden south to southeasterly wind blowing in the Saharan Air Layer across the Canary Islands)
*"Cape Doctor" (dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast in summer)
*"Chinook" (warm dry westerly off the Rocky Mountains)
*"Etesian" (Greek name) or "Meltem" (Turkish name) (northerly across Greece and Turkey)
*"Föhn" (warm dry southerly off the northern side of the Alps and the North Italy), the name gave rise to the "fén-fēng" (焚風 'burning wind') of Taiwan
*"Fremantle Doctor" (afternoon sea breeze from the Indian Ocean which cools Perth, Western Australia during summer)
*"Gilavar" (south wind in the Absheron Peninsula of the Azerbaijan Republic)
*"Gregale" (northeasterly from Greece)
*"Habagat" (southwesterly wind across the Philippines)
*"Harmattan" (dry northerly wind across central Africa)
*"Halny" (in northern Carpathians)
*"Helm Wind" (north-easterly wind in Cumbria, England)
*"Khamsin" (southeasterly from north Africa to the eastern Mediterranean)
*"Khazri" (cold north wind in the Absheron Peninsula of the Azerbaijan Republic)
*"Kona" (southeast wind in Hawaii, replacing trade winds, bringing high humidity and often rain)
*"Košava" (strong and cold southeasterly season wind in Serbia)
*"Viento de Levante" (easterly through Strait of Gibraltar)
*"Libeccio" (southwesterly towards Italy)
*"Maestro" (cold northerly in the Adriatic sea)
*"Marin" (south-easterly from Mediterranean to France)
*"Minuano" (southern Brazil)
*"Mistral" (cold northerly from central France and the Alps to Mediterranean)
*"Monsoon" (mainly south-westerly winds combined with heavy rain in various areas close to the equator)
*"Nor'easter" (strong storm with winds from the northeast in the eastern United States, especially New England)
*"Nor'wester" (wind that brings rain to the West Coast, and warm dry winds to the East Coast of New Zealand)
*"Ostro" (southerly wind in the Mediterranean)
*"Pampero", (Argentina), (very strong wind which blows in the Pampa)
*"Papagayo" (periodic wind which blows across Nicaragua and Costa Rica and out over the Gulf of Papagayo)
*"Passat", (Tropic) (medium strong, constant blowing Wind in tropical Sea-Areas)
*"Rasha-ba" (strong wind in Iraq Kurdistan Region, particularly in Sulaimaniya. The word is Kurdish for Black-wind)
*"Santa Ana winds" (southern California)
*"Shamal (wind) (Kurdish term, signifying a summer northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states)
*"Simoom" (strong, dry, desert wind that blows in the Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the desert of Arabia)
*"Sirocco" (southerly from north Africa to southern Europe)
*"Southerly Buster" (rapidly arriving low pressure cell that dramatically cools Sydney, Australia during summer)
*"Sou'wester" (strong wind which blows from the southwest, and also a type of waterproof hat designed to protect from and repel wind and rain)
*"Squamish (wind)" (strong, violent wind occurring in many of the fjords of British Columbia)
*"Sundowner (wind)", (strong offshore wind off the California coast)
*"Tehuano" (periodic wind which blows across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico and out over the Gulf of Tehuantepec)
*"Tramontane" (cold northwesterly from the Pyrenees or northeasterly from the Alps to the Mediterranean, similar to Mistral)
*"Vendavel" (westerly through the Strait of Gibraltar)
*"Zonda wind" (on the eastern slope of the Andes in Argentina)