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The Wind Gauge serves a purpose more than just aesthetics, it provides information on the natural weather in the surrounding area.

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The Wind gauge in Lethbridge

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Lethbridge is known as Canada's Windy City. Which is located in Southern Alberta

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For every 100-metre drop in elevation, temperature raises 1*C. Chinook winds blow from the south or southwest and can reach speeds over 150 km/h.

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Winds carrying warm moist air, from the Pacific glide up and over the western slopes of mountains - expanding, cooling and loosing moisture. Once its over the Coast and Rocky Mountains, the dry air drops rapidly to the foothills, warming via compression.

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Chinooks can happen year-round, although the warming condition is more apparent in colder weather. A chinook can last less than an hour or for several days.

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They're particularly strong in Southern Alberta and northern Montana. These winds occur in Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, and Argentina.

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The mountain ranges of British Columbia, culminating in the Continental Divide between B.C. and Alberta, force wet Pacific air masses to rise and, in doing so, release moisture. By the time the air mass crosses the Continental Divide it has lost its moisture content and descends the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rockies and onto the foothills and prairies as a warm, dry wind, known locally as a "Chinook".