Plotly Wind Rose
A polar bar chart where bars radiate from the center along compass-like directional bins, with bar length encoding magnitude (e.g. wind speed frequency, hours, count) and color encoding a secondary intensity band. Classically used for meteorology — frequency of wind by direction
Template details
- chart
- polar
- rose
- directional
- plotly
When to use this template
This visualization excels at revealing how a primary quantitative measure is distributed across a set of directional or cyclic categories, further segmented by a secondary categorical intensity. Analysts use it to identify dominant directions, common ranges, and variations within those directions, providing insight into cyclical patterns or directional influences.
- Data with a primary categorical directional or cyclic axis.
- A quantitative magnitude measure for each direction/segment.
- A secondary categorical or binned quantitative measure for intensity.
- Datasets representing frequencies, counts, durations, or averages.
- When comparing distribution across directions or cycles is key.
- Data with a moderate number of directional bins (e.g., 8-36).