Local Winds originate due to the local factors like pressure difference, topography, thermal differences etc acting over a very smaller area. They are also affected by diurnal and seasonal changes. There are several region-specific winds which are very significant in multiple ways.
List of Local Winds -Types & Its Importance
| Winds | Region | Importance | ||
| Land & Sea breeze | Coastal regions | Make weather pleasant, especially in summers. | ||
| Mountain & valley breeze | Hill regions | Cause precipitation on slopes and frost in the valleys. | ||
| Chinook & Foehn | USA & Switzerland respectively | Warming effect in valleys thus melting of snow, early sowing of spring wheat, ripening of grapes and making available green pastures. | ||
| Harmattan | Sahara-desert | Pleasant weather at the coast, prevents diseases (doctor winds) and sometimes lead to dust storms. | ||
| Sirocco | Sahara to Mediterranean | Blood rain in Italy, harmful for agriculture. | ||
| Mistral | Spain - France | Adversely affects the airflight and drops the temperature to sub-zero levels. | ||
| Blizzard | Siberia, Canada, USA | Cold waves | ||
| Bora | Shores of Adriatic Sea | - | ||
| Loo | North Indian plains | Heat waves and heat strokes | ||
| Mango shower | Kerala and Karnataka | Early ripening of mangoes. | ||
| Blossom shower | Kerala | Coffee flowers | ||
| Norwesters/ Bardoli cheerha | West Bengal & Assam | Helpful in tea, rice & jute cultivation. | ||