- Alizé: Maritime wet, fresh northerly wind across west central Africa
- Bora: northeasterly from eastern Europe to northeastern Italy
- Cape Doctor: dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast in summer
- Chinook: warm dry westerly off the Rocky Mountains
- Diablo: hot, dry, offshore wind from the northeast in the San Francisco bay
- Etesian: northerly across Greece and Turkey
- Elephanta: strong southerly or southeasterly wind on the Malabar coast of India
- Föhn: warm dry southerly off the northern side of the Alps and the North Italy
- Fremantle Doctor: afternoon sea breeze from the Indian Ocean which cools Perth, Western Australia during summer
- Harmattan: dry northerly wind across central Africa
- Kali Andhi: the violent dust squalls that occur before monsoon in the northwestern parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain region of the Indian Subcontinent.
- Karaburan: a Spring and winter Katabatic wind of central Asia
- Khamsin: southeasterly wind from North Africa to the eastern Mediterranean
- Loo: hot wind which blows over plains of India and Pakistan.
- Maestro: cold northerly in the Adriatic sea
- Mistral: cold northerly from central France and the Alps to Mediterranean
- Monsoon: mainly south-westerly winds combined with heavy rain in various areas close to the equator.
- Nor'easter: strong storm with winds from the northeast on the north eastern coast of the United States (particularly New England states) and the east coast of Canada (Atlantic Canada))
- Nor'wester: wind that brings rain to the West Coast, and warm dry winds to the East Coast of New Zealand's South Island, caused by the moist prevailing winds being uplifted over the Southern Alps, often accompanied by a distinctive arched cloud pattern
- Pampero (Argentina): very strong wind which blows in the Pampa
- Passat: medium strong, constant blowing wind at sea in tropical areas
- Rashabar("black wind"): a strong wind in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, particularly in Sulaimaniya.
- Santa Ana winds: southern California
- Shamal: a summer northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states
- Simoom: strong, dry, desert wind that blows in the Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the desert of Arabia
- Sirocco: southerly from north Africa to southern Europe
- Southerly Buster: rapidly arriving low pressure cell that dramatically cools Sydney, Australia during summer
- Sou'wester: strong wind which blows from the southwest, and also a type of waterproof hat designed to protect from and repel wind and rain
- Squamish: strong, violent wind occurring in many of the fjords of British Columbia
- Vendavel: westerly through the Strait of Gibraltar
- Zonda: on the eastern slope of the Andes in Argentina.