I deal with high winds almost every day. What really gets me is that I often have headwinds in both directions since it shifts at midday. I ride along the Hudson River which is over a mile wide so the wind is gusty and shifty. Not only that all of the nearby weather stations do not report the wind speed or direction on the river, only inland,Mao weather reports are useless.

I sometimes cycle to work in the winter, and it's brutal.