One defining characteristic of the climate in Chubut province is the strong wind that is observed throughout the province. The wind is an additional factor that makes most of the province dry since it favors evaporation of moisture. Most of the wind comes from either the west, southwest or northwest but in coastal areas during the summer months, a sea breeze can form when westerly winds are weak, forming easterly winds that can penetrate up to from the coast. The mean wind speed is with higher wind speeds being recorded in the south where the average is more than . Higher altitude areas are more winder than lower altitude areas, resulting in the Andean region being more windier than the coastal areas. Similar to much of Patagonia, summers tend to be windier than winters.