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Chicago is 'The Windy City'. Is it really exceptionally windy and if so why ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This has been raised in another Q & A forum with mainly US participants, and the general tenor of the answers was that there are several other places in the USA which better qualify for the dubious accolade. Unfortunately I can't find it now to provide a link. The why would be explained by local climatology and geography - winds being channelled along valleys and the like.
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Click http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-win1.htm
for the answer. This may be the site Ewood referred to.