Burlington Pier wind

Burlington Pier is a land weather station near Hamilton in the Lake Ontario sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from SSW (198°), gusting 3 kn, 2026-11-04 01:38 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 20:38 America/Toronto). Air 18°C. 1017 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 1422 readings, gust 16 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly SSW (206°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 01:38 UTC: 2 kn from SSW (198°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-04 00:59 UTC: 4 kn, gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 23:59 UTC: 4 kn from SSW (211°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 22:59 UTC: 5 kn from S (171°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 21:59 UTC: 6 kn, gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 20:59 UTC: 8 kn from S (182°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:59 UTC: 8 kn from SSW (192°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 18:59 UTC: 9 kn from SSW (204°), gust 13 kn

Position 43.300, -79.792; exposure coastal. Burlington Pier 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 HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Burlington Pier: 2.1 kn on average across 39 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Burlington Pier: 1.8 kn on average across 20 hourly comparisons, against 1.9 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Burlington Pier

Burlington Pier, 0.1 nm away
Burlington Test Deck, 0.5 nm away
Hamilton/Mt Hope, 5.0 nm away
Hamilton Rbg, 5.0 nm away
Hamilton/Munro Intl, 9.9 nm away
West Lake Ontario, 11.6 nm away