Aransas Wildlife Refuge, TX wind

Aransas Wildlife Refuge, TX is a land weather station near Rockport. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 8 kn from NE (40°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 01:18 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:18 America/Chicago). 1012 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 78 readings, gust 18 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly S (178°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 01:18 UTC: 8 kn from NE (40°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 9 kn from NNE (30°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 8 kn from N (10°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 8 kn from N (0°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 11 kn from NNW (340°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 12 kn from SW (220°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 13 kn from SSW (200°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 13 kn from SSW (200°), gust 15 kn

Position 28.227, -96.796; exposure coastal. Aransas Wildlife Refuge, TX 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 Aransas Wildlife Refuge, TX: 2.0 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 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 Aransas Wildlife Refuge, TX: 2.1 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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