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Atka, AK wind

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

Latest observation

Now 16 kn from NW (310°), gusting 19 kn, 2026-11-04 22:48 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 10:48 Etc/GMT+12). 1001 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 13 kn, 73 readings, gust 29 kn, peak mean 23 kn, mostly NW (308°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Atka, AK reported 587 readings, mean 18 kn, strongest mean wind 41 kn, strongest gust 55 kn, mostly from WNW (291°).

What it reports

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

Recent readings

Position 52.232, -174.173; exposure coastal. Atka, 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 Atka, AK: 4.7 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 Atka, AK: 4.4 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons.

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