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Knots to Miles Per Hour Conversion Chart


Surface Weather Observations - METAR always have wind speeds recorded in knots. The conversion table below will provide a quick conversion for winds from calm to 99 knots. The converted values are all rounded to the nearest integer. For a more accurate conversion use the following formula:
                         1 KNOT = 1.15155 MILES PER HOUR

K
T
S
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
MPH MPH MPH MPH MPH MPH MPH MPH MPH MPH
0 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10
10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22
20 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33
30 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45
40 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 56
50 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 67 68
60 69 70 71 72 74 75 76 77 78 79
70 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 89 90 91
80 92 93 94 96 97 98 99 100 101 102
90 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 112 113 114


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