light breeze
noun
: wind having a speed of 4 to 7 miles (about 6 to 11 kilometers) per hour see Beaufort Scale Table
Examples of light breeze in a Sentence
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Highs: 74-80 Tonight: Partly cloudy, very light breeze.
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David Streit, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Everything will go dark, temperatures will dip and any light breeze may turn calm.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Confidence: Medium-High Sunday finally qualifies as a nice spring day with sunny skies, light breezes, and highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
—David Streit, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Confidence: Medium-High Tonight: Only a light breeze remains as lows dip to the upper 20s to mid-30s under mostly clear skies.
—Molly Robey, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
That leaves us mostly sunny again with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s, still with only a light breeze from the north.
—Molly Robey, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
There will be only a slight wind chill as mainly light breezes blow.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
Express forecast Today: Mostly sunny, light breezes.
—David Streit, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
But clouds and light breeze from the showers off the coast will shave off some of the temperatures along the waterfront, meaning temperatures will only reach the upper 60s in those areas.
—Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
David Streit, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Everything will go dark, temperatures will dip and any light breeze may turn calm.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Confidence: Medium-High Sunday finally qualifies as a nice spring day with sunny skies, light breezes, and highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
—David Streit, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Confidence: Medium-High Tonight: Only a light breeze remains as lows dip to the upper 20s to mid-30s under mostly clear skies.
—Molly Robey, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
That leaves us mostly sunny again with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s, still with only a light breeze from the north.
—Molly Robey, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
There will be only a slight wind chill as mainly light breezes blow.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
Express forecast Today: Mostly sunny, light breezes.
—David Streit, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
But clouds and light breeze from the showers off the coast will shave off some of the temperatures along the waterfront, meaning temperatures will only reach the upper 60s in those areas.
—Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
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“Light breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20breeze. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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