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