Apalachicola, FL wind

Apalachicola, FL is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from S (170°), gusting 5 kn, 2026-11-04 22:48 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 16:48 America/Chicago). 1012 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 75 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly SSE (147°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Apalachicola, FL reported 590 readings, mean 10 kn, strongest mean wind 24 kn, strongest gust 30 kn, mostly from E (79°).

What it reports

Apalachicola, FL reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

2026-11-04 22:48 UTC: 4 kn from S (170°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-04 21:48 UTC: 4 kn from S (190°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-04 20:48 UTC: 3 kn from SW (230°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-04 19:48 UTC: 7 kn from SSE (160°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-04 18:30 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (160°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-04 17:48 UTC: 7 kn from SSE (150°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 16:48 UTC: 8 kn from SSE (160°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 15:48 UTC: 6 kn from S (190°), gust 7 kn

Position 29.724, -84.980; exposure coastal. Apalachicola, FL 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 Apalachicola, FL: 2.0 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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 Apalachicola, FL: 2.0 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 3.0 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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