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Arena Cove, CA wind

Arena Cove, CA is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from SE (130°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:30 America/Los_Angeles). Air 16°C. 1014 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 78 readings, gust 20 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly ESE (112°).

Recent readings

Position 38.915, -123.711; exposure coastal. Arena Cove, CA 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Arena Cove, CA: 5.7 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 5.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Arena Cove, CA: 5.8 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 6.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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