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jasonleeobrien t1_j758dex wrote

It’s a localized storm. It’s not always like this.

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Brudesandwich t1_j75borg wrote

High rises, next to the river/ocean, drastic difference in elevation in certain areas.

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TheMikri t1_j75bqca wrote

Chicago is called the Windy City due to Politics, not actual wind. At least that’s what Chicagoans said the year I lived there.

Regarding JC, it’s simply where we are in the harbor, and our lack of natural buffer. The waterfront is particularly bonkers wind wise, especially when a storm system or cold snap rolls through.

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Teenageboy69 t1_j75c9e4 wrote

I live in the heights and there’s one pocket near Riverview Fisk that’s insane. I assume some of it is the altitude.

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Direct_Ad18 t1_j75ci4z wrote

The Hudson River is directly connected to the ocean, unlike the Chicago River. And we're at the lowest part of the Rive (closest to the ocean, so strongest winds) unlike Hoboken or weehawken further upstream.

If you're talking about downtown specifically, we're at sea level and the hill to go up into journal square or the heights is only about a mile back, so the air doesn't dissipate, unlike somewhere like, Manhattan, for example, which has more land for the wind to spread around. The wind just stays down here and whips around.

This is not based on science. Just thinking out loud.

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_homegrown t1_j75gc7m wrote

Replying to TheMikri (#1,718,909)

To give you (or someone else) the background on the politics thing... Chicago politicians argued so long for the World's Fair that it became known as the windy City because the politicians were long winded...

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jasonleeobrien t1_j765fsr wrote

Replying to yesiam_samiam (#1,720,146)

I hear you. I also thing the proximity to open water and just building might have something to do with it too as generally lots of trees, etc. will generally tamp down wind, and downtown is lacking in lots of tree cover.

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Svacheen t1_j76j7oi wrote

As someone who builds the high rises in JC. The Newport section has astronomically different winds. The 30th floor of 75 park was petrifying to work on

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Crazy-Consequence-26 t1_j76qul9 wrote

Parts of Bayonne have Newark Bay on one side and the Hudson River on the other side.

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brandy716 t1_j76qwzz wrote

The tall buildings make a wind tunnel and even worse make the whole area turn gray because the sunlight is blocked out. The more buildings the worse it will get.

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Direct_Ad18 t1_j76qzou wrote

Replying to Anonymous1985388 (#1,721,303)

Bayonne is sheltered by Staten island, not as exposed to direct ocean wind. Also low elevations all around Bayonne so the wind carries over the land. Downtown JC has high elevations on the west so the wind gets trapped. Hoboken is actually worse with regard to bathtub affect (it's why flooding is worse, because the western part of Hoboken actually goes down in elevation), but further up the river so less wind.

Also not based on science.

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bodhipooh t1_j76wybd wrote

Replying to _homegrown (#1,719,136)

>became known as the windy City because the politicians were long winded...

Not because they were long winded, but because they were supposedly called windbags in a NYC press editorial! A wingbag is someone who talks at length but says little of value. NYC and Chicago were competing against each other to host the World Fair and the Chicago advocates were derided in that editorial as being wingbags. But, the World Fair theory is more like an apocryphal story. Even before the World Fair's shenanigans, Chicago politicians (and residents) had a reputation for being full of hot air, and that's a theory for the Windy City moniker that holds more water.

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Obvious-Hospital431 t1_j770d3e wrote

Replying to caroline_elly (#1,721,721)

My understanding is that while the buildings do block it, it still has to go somewhere, so wherever there’s room for the wind to go, it creates wind tunnels around them. It really only works to truly block if it’s all densely packed (like if you’re walking down the block in midtown it’s ok, but then as soon as you get to the corner you get slammed)

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joeynnj t1_j771ofn wrote

I regularly get off the train in Manhattan and find it much windier than here.

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4kshay t1_j776yyx wrote

It’s the Tunnel Effect. Stay safe and warm y’all 🥶

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ReeseCommaBill t1_j77bva0 wrote

It’s especially bad in Newport because you have a bunch of high rises at the bottom of a hill and immediately next to a whole swath of low lying land, like the Hoboken train yard. It so gets funneled into those buildings. That’s why it’s especially bad where those buildings start, like at the corner of Newport Pkwy and Washington.

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[deleted] t1_j78hxis wrote

It’s Jersey…. Everything is more aggressive here.

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