This study presents a methodology to quantify a risk consistent directionality factor (K d ) appropriate for components and cladding (C&C) on low-rise structures located in hurricane-prone regions. Currently the same K d value is applied for structures in hurricane and non-hurricane prone regions. However, the nature of the wind hazard differs considerably between these regions with respect to the intensity, duration and direction swath of the severe wind event. Further, the current K d implementation considers the vulnerability of individual C&C elements in isolation. This study employs a Monte Carlo framework to incorporate the influence of four issues on the determination of a risk consistent C&C K d factor for hurricane prone structures. These issues include the hurricane duration and direction swath, the treatment of individual cladding elements as contributors to a series system, the uncertainty of the building surface peak pressure coefficients, and the size of the cladding elements. The issue of mean recurrence interval is not addressed in the presented results, but its future incorporation within the methodology is discussed. A specific revised value of K d is not recommended herein. Rather, the methodology provides the means to assess the risk associated with a given K d value.