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Wind shear

Quality:

Wind shear - difference in wind speed or direction over a short distance. Article “Wind shear” in English Wikipedia has 67.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 39 references and 13 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Wind shear”, its content was written by 171 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 621 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1802 times in English Wikipedia and cited 5992 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #22667 in August 2005
  • Global: #15632 in August 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #35215 in September 2017
  • Global: #32235 in March 2009

There are 29 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Chinese (zh)
风切变
73.3503
2English (en)
Wind shear
67.5616
3Indonesian (id)
Geser angin
36.8914
4Portuguese (pt)
Windshear
34.227
5Czech (cs)
Střih větru
32.2216
6Turkish (tr)
Rüzgâr makası
31.216
7Catalan (ca)
Cisallament del vent
29.1468
8French (fr)
Cisaillement (météorologie)
28.5917
9Italian (it)
Wind shear
21.4277
10Persian (fa)
چینش باد
19.2066
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Wind shear" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Wind shear
2 639 691
2Japanese (ja)
ウインドシア
447 282
3Spanish (es)
Cizalladura del viento
352 559
4Chinese (zh)
风切变
297 409
5Italian (it)
Wind shear
191 398
6French (fr)
Cisaillement (météorologie)
173 545
7Russian (ru)
Сдвиг ветра
147 917
8German (de)
Windscherung
142 982
9Dutch (nl)
Windschering
111 383
10Portuguese (pt)
Windshear
109 905
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Wind shear" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Wind shear
6 647
2Japanese (ja)
ウインドシア
1 199
3Dutch (nl)
Windschering
1 162
4Spanish (es)
Cizalladura del viento
1 049
5Chinese (zh)
风切变
903
6German (de)
Windscherung
583
7French (fr)
Cisaillement (météorologie)
559
8Italian (it)
Wind shear
483
9Russian (ru)
Сдвиг ветра
452
10Polish (pl)
Uskok wiatru
211
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Wind shear" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Wind shear
171
2Chinese (zh)
风切变
56
3French (fr)
Cisaillement (météorologie)
50
4Dutch (nl)
Windschering
44
5Italian (it)
Wind shear
39
6Spanish (es)
Cizalladura del viento
32
7German (de)
Windscherung
31
8Japanese (ja)
ウインドシア
27
9Finnish (fi)
Tuuliväänne
23
10Portuguese (pt)
Windshear
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Wind shear" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
ريح القص
1
2Catalan (ca)
Cisallament del vent
1
3French (fr)
Cisaillement (météorologie)
1
4Chinese (zh)
风切变
1
5Czech (cs)
Střih větru
0
6German (de)
Windscherung
0
7Greek (el)
Διατμητικός άνεμος
0
8English (en)
Wind shear
0
9Spanish (es)
Cizalladura del viento
0
10Basque (eu)
Haize ebakidura
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Wind shear" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Wind shear
1 802
2Portuguese (pt)
Windshear
750
3Chinese (zh)
风切变
733
4Spanish (es)
Cizalladura del viento
455
5French (fr)
Cisaillement (météorologie)
433
6Russian (ru)
Сдвиг ветра
309
7Ukrainian (uk)
Градієнт вітру
237
8German (de)
Windscherung
220
9Japanese (ja)
ウインドシア
145
10Italian (it)
Wind shear
120
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ريح القص
caCatalan
Cisallament del vent
csCzech
Střih větru
deGerman
Windscherung
elGreek
Διατμητικός άνεμος
enEnglish
Wind shear
esSpanish
Cizalladura del viento
euBasque
Haize ebakidura
faPersian
چینش باد
fiFinnish
Tuuliväänne
frFrench
Cisaillement (météorologie)
huHungarian
Szélnyírás
idIndonesian
Geser angin
itItalian
Wind shear
jaJapanese
ウインドシア
koKorean
급변풍
msMalay
Rincihan angin
nlDutch
Windschering
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Vindskjer
noNorwegian
Vindskjær
plPolish
Uskok wiatru
ptPortuguese
Windshear
ruRussian
Сдвиг ветра
simpleSimple English
Wind shear
thThai
ลมเฉือน
trTurkish
Rüzgâr makası
ukUkrainian
Градієнт вітру
viVietnamese
Gió đứt
zhChinese
风切变

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#35215
09.2017
Global:
#32235
03.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#22667
08.2005
Global:
#15632
08.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Wind shear from Wikipedia articles about Delta Air Lines Flight 191, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Tropical cyclone, Downburst and 2011 Chilean Air Force CASA 212 crash. Whereas reading the article about Wind shear people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Downburst, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, Aeroflot Flight 4225, Cirrus and Virga.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Wind shear

News from 1 July 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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