Long-term data on hourly wind speed from 70 meteorological centres of India Meteorological Department have been collected. The daily gust wind data have been processed for annual maximum wind speed (in kmph) for each site. Using the Gumbel probability paper approach the extreme value quantiles have been derived. A design basis wind speed for each site for a return period of 50 years has also been evaluated. The site specific changes in the design wind speeds in the contemporary wind zone map for the design of buildings/structures are highlighted and revision to the map is suggested.