Big Bay, MI wind

Big Bay, MI is a land weather station near Ishpeming in the Lake Superior sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 0 kn, gusting 2 kn, 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:50 America/Detroit). Air 15°C. 1005 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 24 readings, gust 22 kn, peak mean 11 kn, mostly SSE (162°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:50 UTC: 0 kn, gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 22:50 UTC: 1 kn from SSW (200°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 21:50 UTC: 4 kn from NNW (330°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 20:50 UTC: 0 kn, gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 19:50 UTC: 0 kn, gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 18:50 UTC: 0 kn, gust 1 kn
2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 1 kn from NNW (330°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 16:50 UTC: 4 kn from SSE (160°), gust 11 kn

Position 46.827, -87.727; exposure coastal. Big Bay, MI 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 Big Bay, MI: 3.8 kn on average across 163 hourly comparisons, against 5.9 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 Big Bay, MI: 3.9 kn on average across 163 hourly comparisons, against 5.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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