Descriptive terms of wind speeds Descriptive Term Beaufort Scale Number Wind Speed(Knot) Wind Speed(km/h) Calm 0 < 1 < 2 Light 1 1 - 3 2 - 6 Light 2 4 - 6 7 - 12 Moderate 3 7 - 10 13 - 19 Moderate 4 11 - 16 20 - 30 Fresh 5 17 - 21 31 - 40 Strong 6 22 - 27 41 - 51 Strong 7 28 - 33 52 - 62 Gale 8 34 - 40 63 - 75 Gale 9 41 - 47 76 - 87 Storm 10 48 - 55 88 - 103 Storm 11 56 - 63 104 - 117 Hurricane 12 >= 64 >= 118