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Beaufort scale

Quality:

Beaufort Scale - empirical measure describing wind speed based on observed conditions. Article “Beaufort scale” in Simple English Wikipedia has 30 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 820th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 5376th most popular in all topics.

Since the creation of article “Beaufort scale”, its content was written by 16 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 2084 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 12 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 4374 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #398 in April 2018
  • Global: #798 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #70 in August 2019
  • Global: #1333 in February 2020

There are 50 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
1Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Beaufortskalaen
53.8279
2Tamil (ta)
போஃபார்ட்டு காற்றுவீச்சு அளவீடு
52.6445
3English (en)
Beaufort scale
50.5386
4Vietnamese (vi)
Thang sức gió Beaufort
49.7501
5Croatian (hr)
Beaufortova ljestvica
49.0877
6Estonian (et)
Beauforti skaala
46.558
7Serbian (sr)
Бофорова скала
44.6312
8German (de)
Beaufortskala
42.1065
9Catalan (ca)
Escala de Beaufort
41.3822
10Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Beaufortova skala
39.5019
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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 "Beaufort scale" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Beaufort scale
11 087 220
2German (de)
Beaufortskala
6 861 971
3French (fr)
Échelle de Beaufort
3 270 676
4Dutch (nl)
Schaal van Beaufort
2 863 199
5Russian (ru)
Шкала Бофорта
2 798 807
6Polish (pl)
Skala Beauforta
2 007 324
7Spanish (es)
Escala de Beaufort
1 614 786
8Italian (it)
Scala di Beaufort
1 358 278
9Norwegian (no)
Beauforts skala
1 281 720
10Chinese (zh)
蒲福氏風級
1 223 239
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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 "Beaufort scale" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Beaufort scale
23 120
2German (de)
Beaufortskala
21 449
3French (fr)
Échelle de Beaufort
7 578
4Polish (pl)
Skala Beauforta
4 128
5Dutch (nl)
Schaal van Beaufort
3 752
6Chinese (zh)
蒲福氏風級
3 719
7Russian (ru)
Шкала Бофорта
3 636
8Italian (it)
Scala di Beaufort
3 324
9Spanish (es)
Escala de Beaufort
2 522
10Japanese (ja)
ビューフォート風力階級
2 141
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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 "Beaufort scale" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Beaufort scale
449
2German (de)
Beaufortskala
263
3Dutch (nl)
Schaal van Beaufort
143
4French (fr)
Échelle de Beaufort
130
5Italian (it)
Scala di Beaufort
82
6Russian (ru)
Шкала Бофорта
79
7Chinese (zh)
蒲福氏風級
75
8Polish (pl)
Skala Beauforta
63
9Vietnamese (vi)
Thang sức gió Beaufort
57
10Spanish (es)
Escala de Beaufort
50
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The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Beaufort scale" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Beaufortskala
2
2Dutch (nl)
Schaal van Beaufort
2
3Catalan (ca)
Escala de Beaufort
1
4Greek (el)
Κλίμακα Μποφόρ
1
5Hebrew (he)
סולם בופורט
1
6Italian (it)
Scala di Beaufort
1
7Arabic (ar)
سلم بوفورت
0
8Azerbaijani (az)
Bofort şkalası
0
9Belarusian (be)
Шкала Бофарта
0
10Bulgarian (bg)
Скала на Бофорт
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 "Beaufort scale" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Beaufort scale
775
2French (fr)
Échelle de Beaufort
426
3Dutch (nl)
Schaal van Beaufort
416
4Russian (ru)
Шкала Бофорта
416
5German (de)
Beaufortskala
353
6Portuguese (pt)
Escala de Beaufort
286
7Ukrainian (uk)
Шкала Бофорта
253
8Japanese (ja)
ビューフォート風力階級
187
9Polish (pl)
Skala Beauforta
147
10Chinese (zh)
蒲福氏風級
145
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in June 2026:
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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
سلم بوفورت
azAzerbaijani
Bofort şkalası
beBelarusian
Шкала Бофарта
bgBulgarian
Скала на Бофорт
caCatalan
Escala de Beaufort
csCzech
Beaufortova stupnice
daDanish
Beaufort-skalaen
deGerman
Beaufortskala
elGreek
Κλίμακα Μποφόρ
enEnglish
Beaufort scale
eoEsperanto
Boforta skalo
esSpanish
Escala de Beaufort
etEstonian
Beauforti skaala
euBasque
Beaufort eskala
faPersian
مقیاس بوفورت
fiFinnish
Boforiasteikko
frFrench
Échelle de Beaufort
glGalician
Escala de Beaufort
heHebrew
סולם בופורט
hiHindi
बोफर्ट मापक्रम
hrCroatian
Beaufortova ljestvica
huHungarian
Beaufort-skála
idIndonesian
Skala Beaufort
itItalian
Scala di Beaufort
jaJapanese
ビューフォート風力階級
kaGeorgian
ბოფორტის სკალა
kkKazakh
Бофорт шкаласы
koKorean
보퍼트 풍력 계급
ltLithuanian
Boforto skalė
nlDutch
Schaal van Beaufort
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Beaufortskalaen
noNorwegian
Beauforts skala
plPolish
Skala Beauforta
ptPortuguese
Escala de Beaufort
roRomanian
Scara Beaufort
ruRussian
Шкала Бофорта
shSerbo-Croatian
Beaufortova skala
simpleSimple English
Beaufort scale
skSlovak
Beaufortova stupnica sily vetra
slSlovenian
Beaufortova lestvica
srSerbian
Бофорова скала
svSwedish
Beaufortskalan
taTamil
போஃபார்ட்டு காற்றுவீச்சு அளவீடு
thThai
มาตราโบฟอร์ต
trTurkish
Beaufort rüzgâr şiddeti skalası
ukUkrainian
Шкала Бофорта
urUrdu
بیوفورٹ پیمانہ
uzUzbek
Bofort shkalasi
viVietnamese
Thang sức gió Beaufort
zhChinese
蒲福氏風級

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#70
08.2019
Global:
#1333
02.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#398
04.2018
Global:
#798
11.2002

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Beaufort Scale from Wikipedia articles about MS Jan Heweliusz disaster, Wind speed, Gale, Sea state and Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Whereas reading the article about Beaufort Scale people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Francis Beaufort, Tropical cyclone, Fujita scale, Gale and Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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