Beaufort, NC wind

Beaufort, NC is a land weather station near Morehead City in the Pamlico Sound and the Outer Banks sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from NE (50°), gusting 7 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York). Air 18°C. 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 79 readings, gust 15 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly NE (46°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 5 kn from NE (50°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 5 kn from NE (40°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 6 kn from NE (50°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 10 kn from ENE (60°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (70°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 8 kn from E (90°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 10 kn from ENE (60°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 9 kn from NNE (30°), gust 13 kn

Position 34.717, -76.671; exposure coastal. Beaufort, NC 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 Beaufort, NC: 2.0 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 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 Beaufort, NC: 2.0 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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