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Borden Flats Light at Fall River, MA wind

Borden Flats Light at Fall River, MA is a land weather station near Fall River in the Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 9 kn from SSW (200°), gusting 13 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 17°C. 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 12 kn, 80 readings, gust 17 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly SW (219°).

Recent readings

Position 41.704, -71.174; exposure coastal. Borden Flats Light at Fall River, MA 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 Borden Flats Light at Fall River, MA: 3.1 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 3.1 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 Borden Flats Light at Fall River, MA: 2.9 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 3.2 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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