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RobusEtCeleritas t1_iywxw2h wrote

The pressure on the surface of the window is equal to the sum of the static pressure and the dynamic pressure far upstream. And the dynamic pressure is proportional to v^(2), where v is the speed of the wind.

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DisasterousGiraffe t1_iz0ab54 wrote

The physics answer has been given, but since this is asked under an Engineering tag it should also be noted that there is something called wind engineering setting standards for the wind speed a building should be able to withstand, and there will be turbulence effects from the neighboring buildings and the height of the window above ground which modify the local wind velocity compared to the wind speed you see on a weather map.

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