Are cats afraid of the wind? Not really, but we do find it very annoying. It’s too noisy, and we don’t like bits of dirt blowing in our faces.

To a cat, there’s nothing more annoying than gusts of wind blowing in your face.

Are cats afraid of the wind, Thomasina? It was very windy yesterday, and my outside cat spent the entire day in his shelter. — Concerned

Hi, Concerned…
Ugh… I hate windy days. Cats aren’t afraid of the wind, but it’s really annoying. The howling wind sounds much louder to us than it does to you, and it can actually make our ears hurt. And it drowns out everything, so we can’t hear as well as we like to when we’re outside.

I don’t think your boy was scared. He was just staying curled up in his shelter where it was quiet and little pebbles and bits of dirt weren’t blowing in his face.