Bar Harbor, ME wind

Bar Harbor, ME is a land weather station near Ellsworth in the Penobscot Bay and midcoast Maine sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 13 kn from SE (140°), gusting 17 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York). Air 11°C. 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 79 readings, gust 17 kn, peak mean 13 kn, mostly SSW (203°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 13 kn from SE (140°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 7 kn from SSE (160°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 5 kn from SSE (150°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 3 kn from S (170°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 5 kn from SSE (160°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 5 kn from SSE (160°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 8 kn from SSE (160°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (160°), gust 9 kn

Position 44.392, -68.204; exposure coastal. Bar Harbor, ME 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 Bar Harbor, ME: 2.6 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 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 Bar Harbor, ME: 2.7 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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