diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7392ede..ee63b35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ in every released version.
 
 ## What's Changed
 * Fix issue where sometimes the plot sectors showed a straight line instead of a curved one (#137)
+* `wrscatter` now converts the wind direction from degrees to radians, so scatter
+  plots use the same North-up, clockwise convention as the other plots (#99)
 
 ### Version 1.7.0
 
diff --git a/tests/output/df/test_scatter.png b/tests/output/df/test_scatter.png
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diff --git a/tests/output/df/test_windrose_np_plot_and_pd_plot.png b/tests/output/df/test_windrose_np_plot_and_pd_plot.png
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diff --git a/tests/output/func/test_wrscatter.png b/tests/output/func/test_wrscatter.png
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diff --git a/tests/test_windrose_np_mpl_func.py b/tests/test_windrose_np_mpl_func.py
index ee05367..21e09ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_windrose_np_mpl_func.py
+++ b/tests/test_windrose_np_mpl_func.py
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ def test_wrscatter():
     return ax.figure
 
 
+def test_wrscatter_direction_convention():
+    # 0 degrees is North (up) and angles increase clockwise, as for the
+    # bar/box/contour plots: theta = radians(90 - direction).  See gh-99.
+    compass = np.array([0.0, 45.0, 90.0, 180.0, 270.0])
+    ax = wrscatter(compass, np.full_like(compass, 10.0))
+    theta = ax.collections[0].get_offsets()[:, 0]
+    two_pi = 2 * np.pi
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(
+        np.mod(theta, two_pi),
+        np.mod(np.radians(90.0 - compass), two_pi),
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir="output/func", tolerance=5)
 def test_wrbar():
     ax = wrbar(wd, ws, normed=True, opening=0.8, edgecolor="white")
diff --git a/windrose/windrose.py b/windrose/windrose.py
index 83f4763..f3634be 100644
--- a/windrose/windrose.py
+++ b/windrose/windrose.py
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ def wrscatter(
     Draw scatter plot
     """
     ax = WindroseAxes.from_ax(ax, rmax=rmax, figsize=figsize)
-    direction = -np.array(direction) + np.radians(90)
+    direction = np.radians(90.0 - np.asarray(direction, dtype=float))
     ax.scatter(direction, var, *args, **kwargs)
     return ax