Baltimore, MD wind

Baltimore, MD is a land weather station near Canton in the Chesapeake Bay and Annapolis sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 0 kn, gusting 3 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York). Air 17°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 79 readings, gust 13 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly SSE (164°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 0 kn, gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 3 kn from SSE (160°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 1 kn from SSE (150°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 8 kn from SE (140°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 8 kn from SE (130°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 9 kn from SE (140°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 5 kn from SE (130°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 7 kn from SSE (150°), gust 8 kn

Position 39.267, -76.579; exposure coastal. Baltimore, MD 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 Baltimore, MD: 1.8 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.1 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Baltimore, MD: 1.7 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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