Buoy B01 wind

Buoy B01 is a weather buoy near York Beach. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from NE (40°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 01:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 20:00 America/New_York). Air 12°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 22 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly SSW (192°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 01:00 UTC: 6 kn from NE (40°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 6 kn from ENE (60°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 6 kn from ENE (60°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 4 kn from ENE (60°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 4 kn from NE (40°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 4 kn from ENE (60°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 2 kn from NNE (20°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 2 kn from NNE (20°), gust 2 kn

Position 43.179, -70.426; exposure marine. Buoy B01 is on open water.

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 Buoy B01: 2.3 kn on average across 32 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 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 Buoy B01: 2.1 kn on average across 32 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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