50 
40 
Ww 
{e) 
STORM HOURS 
™) 
fo) 
10 
Figure 10. Average number of storm hours recorded at Atlentic 
City, New Jersey, 1965-73. A storm hour is defined 
as an hour when the wind is 51 kilometers per hour 
or greater during a 24-hour period when the average 
velocity was 40 kilometers per hour or greater (U.S. 
Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, 1974). 
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