Adak Island, AK wind

Adak Island, AK is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 11 kn from WSW (240°), gusting 14 kn, 2026-11-04 22:48 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 10:48 Etc/GMT+12). 1004 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 10 kn, 73 readings, gust 27 kn, peak mean 22 kn, mostly W (273°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Adak Island, AK reported 589 readings, mean 24 kn, strongest mean wind 47 kn, strongest gust 69 kn, mostly from WSW (245°).

What it reports

Adak Island, AK reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

2026-11-04 22:48 UTC: 11 kn from WSW (240°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-04 21:48 UTC: 15 kn from WSW (240°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-04 20:48 UTC: 15 kn from W (270°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-04 19:48 UTC: 8 kn from SW (230°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 18:54 UTC: 6 kn from SW (230°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 17:48 UTC: 15 kn from W (280°), gust 20 kn
2026-11-04 16:48 UTC: 11 kn from W (260°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-04 15:48 UTC: 8 kn from W (280°), gust 10 kn

Position 51.861, -176.637; exposure coastal. Adak Island, AK is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Adak Island, AK: 5.1 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Adak Island, AK: 5.4 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Adak Island, AK

Adak, 1.2 nm away