Local winds: Chinook, Foehn, Bora, Loo, Harmattan, blizzards, norwesters, mango showers, cherry blossoms

Local Winds originate due to the local factors like pressure difference, topography, thermal differences etc acting over a very smaller area. They are also affected by diurnal and seasonal changes. There are several region-specific winds which are very significant in multiple ways.

List of Local Winds -Types & Its Importance

Winds	Region		Importance
Land & Sea breeze	Coastal regions		Make weather pleasant, especially in summers.
Mountain & valley breeze	Hill regions		Cause precipitation on slopes and frost in the valleys.
Chinook & Foehn	USA & Switzerland respectively		Warming effect in valleys thus melting of snow, early sowing of spring wheat, ripening of grapes and making available green pastures.
Harmattan	Sahara-desert		Pleasant weather at the coast, prevents diseases (doctor winds) and sometimes lead to dust storms.
Sirocco	Sahara to Mediterranean		Blood rain in Italy, harmful for agriculture.
Mistral	Spain – France		Adversely affects the airflight and drops the temperature to sub-zero levels.
Blizzard	Siberia, Canada, USA		Cold waves
Bora	Shores of Adriatic Sea		–
Loo	North Indian plains		Heat waves and heat strokes
Mango shower	Kerala and Karnataka		Early ripening of mangoes.
Blossom shower	Kerala		Coffee flowers
Norwesters/ Bardoli cheerha	West Bengal & Assam		Helpful in tea, rice & jute cultivation.