US | Nashville 10 Windiest Cities in US Nashville, not Chicago, tops the list By Arden Dier Posted Jan 18, 2017 11:17 AM CST Copied A US flag waves in wind from Hurricane Matthew in St. Augustine, Fla., on Oct. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Not a fan of blustery days? Steer clear of these places. Research firm CoreLogic has released a list of the windiest cities in the US based on wind-related events and maximum wind speed recorded in 279 metro areas in 2016 (including during Hurricane Matthew). The list: Nashville, Tenn. Reno, Nev. Jackson, Miss. Cincinnati, Ohio Columbia, SC Louisville, Ky. Little Rock, Ark. Winston-Salem, NC Clarksville, Tenn. Charleston, SC Chicago also failed to top the NOAA's windiest cities ranking for 2016, based on average wind speed. (See CoreLogic's 2015 list here.) Read These Next Trump, Johnson aren't happy with pick for Super Bowl headliner. It's being called a disturbing trend: paragliders with bombs. The Treasury isn't backing down from its Trump coin plan. Felix Baumgartner's death attributed to his own error. Report an error