Baffin Bay, TX wind

Baffin Bay, TX is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 1 kn from E (80°), gusting 3 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:48 America/Chicago). Air 27°C. 1011 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 10 kn, 79 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 17 kn, mostly SSE (150°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 1 kn from E (80°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 5 kn from SSE (150°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (160°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 9 kn from SE (140°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 9 kn from SE (140°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 10 kn from SE (130°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 5 kn from SE (140°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 9 kn from SSE (150°), gust 11 kn

Position 27.297, -97.405; exposure coastal. Baffin Bay, 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 Baffin Bay, TX: 2.2 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 Baffin Bay, TX: 2.1 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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