A yaw auto-calibration method configured to calibrate at least one anemometer of a yaw control system to correct for yaw misalignment, the yaw control system configured to adjust a wind turbine nacelle position about a yaw axis to align the wind turbine with the direction of the wind inflow, the yaw auto-calibration method comprising: collecting wind turbine data over a plurality of time periods, the wind turbine data including wind speed and wind direction from the at least one anemometer; determining from the collected data a wind direction compensation signal associated with a plurality of wind speed ranges; the wind direction compensation signals corresponding to the effects on the at least one anemometer data due to yaw misalignment; providing the wind compensation signals to the yaw control system to adjust the wind direction data of the at least one anemometer for each of the associated wind speed ranges; characterized in that the step of collecting includes calculating an average wind speed and an average wind direction for each time period of the plurality of time periods for the at least one anemometer and binning the average wind speed and average wind direction for each time period in a bin location based on a range of wind speeds and a range of wind directions; the wind turbine data further includes an average power produced by and an average rotational speed of an electrical generator in the wind turbine, wherein the average power and the average speed of the electrical generator for each time period is associated with the binned average wind speed and average wind direction for that time period; a performance value correlated to the average power of the electrical generator and the average wind speed is calculated for each time period and is associated with the binned average wind speed and average wind direction for that time period; for each wind speed range each performance value calculated over the plurality of time periods is plotted against its corresponding average wind direction; the step of determining a wind direction compensation signal associated with a wind speed range includes determining from the plotted performance value, a maximum performance value for each wind speed range, wherein the step of determining further includes correlating the maximum performance value for each wind speed range with the associated average generator speed and plotting the maximum performance wind direction against average generator speed for each wind speed range; and the maximum performance wind direction associated with the average generator speed for each wind speed range constitutes the wind direction compensation signal for the wind speed range. collecting wind turbine data over a plurality of time periods, the wind turbine data including wind speed and wind direction from the at least one anemometer; determining from the collected data a wind direction compensation signal associated with a plurality of wind speed ranges; the wind direction compensation signals corresponding to the effects on the at least one anemometer data due to yaw misalignment; providing the wind compensation signals to the yaw control system to adjust the wind direction data of the at least one anemometer for each of the associated wind speed ranges; characterized in that the step of collecting includes calculating an average wind speed and an average wind direction for each time period of the plurality of time periods for the at least one anemometer and binning the average wind speed and average wind direction for each time period in a bin location based on a range of wind speeds and a range of wind directions; the wind turbine data further includes an average power produced by and an average rotational speed of an electrical generator in the wind turbine, wherein the average power and the average speed of the electrical generator for each time period is associated with the binned average wind speed and average wind direction for that time period; a performance value correlated to the average power of the electrical generator and the average wind speed is calculated for each time period and is associated with the binned average wind speed and average wind direction for that time period; for each wind speed range each performance value calculated over the plurality of time periods is plotted against its corresponding average wind direction; the step of determining a wind direction compensation signal associated with a wind speed range includes determining from the plotted performance value, a maximum performance value for each wind speed range, wherein the step of determining further includes correlating the maximum performance value for each wind speed range with the associated average generator speed and plotting the maximum performance wind direction against average generator speed for each wind speed range; and the maximum performance wind direction associated with the average generator speed for each wind speed range constitutes the wind direction compensation signal for the wind speed range.