Windy city?

Even though Port Elizabeth is known as the Windy City, the windiest spot in South Africa is actually Cape Point (in the Western Cape), which experiences only 2% of all hours in the year with calm conditions. The average wind speed is 6.9 metres per second with 42.1% of the wind speeds greater than 8 m/s.

The strongest wind gust ever in South Africa occurred at Beaufort West (Western Cape) on May 16 1984 and measured 186 km/h.