North American proxy records of near-surface wind direction from the LGM and deglaciation

This dataset is the accompanying file for Table 1 in Conroy et al. (2025). It includes North American proxy records of near-surface wind direction from the LGM and deglaciation. Sites and samples therein are organized in grids of 0.5 degree latitude × 0.5 degree longitude. Archive type abbreviations are as follows: LP = loess particle size trends, LT = loess thickness patterns, LC = loess chemistry, Dr =wind-aligned drainages, D = dune orientation, S = lacustrine spits, SaSt = sand stringers. Zonal wind direction indicates whether interpreted wind direction is westerly or easterly. Meridional wind direction indicates whether interpreted wind direction is northerly or southerly. A confidence level of 1 indicates more precise chronology and/or wind-direction information, whereas level 2 indicates more uncertainty in chronology and/or inferred wind direction. ‘Secondary’ references are previously published syntheses that included these wind-direction data.