Ashtabula Lighthouse wind

Ashtabula Lighthouse is a lighthouse weather station near Ashtabula in the Lake Erie sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn from E (80°), gusting 4 kn, 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:00 America/New_York).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 32 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly SSW (193°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 3 kn from E (80°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 1 kn from NE (50°), gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 9 kn from SSW (210°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 9 kn from S (190°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 6 kn from SSW (210°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 16:00 UTC: 7 kn from SSW (200°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 15:00 UTC: 7 kn from S (190°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 14:50 UTC: 7 kn from S (190°), gust 9 kn

Position 41.918, -80.796; exposure coastal. Ashtabula Lighthouse 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 Ashtabula Lighthouse: 2.7 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Ashtabula Lighthouse: 2.7 kn on average across 165 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Ashtabula Lighthouse

CW7309 weather, 2.2 nm away
Ashtabula/NE Ohio Rgnl, 9.4 nm away
Conneaut Breakwater Light, OH, 11.4 nm away
EW0380 weather, 8.1 nm away
FW2430 weather, 14.5 nm away
EW2690 weather, 15.2 nm away