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Buzzards Bay, MA wind

Buzzards Bay, MA is a land weather station near Newport East in the Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 17 kn from SW (220°), gusting 19 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:00 America/New_York). 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 16 kn, 24 readings, gust 24 kn, peak mean 22 kn, mostly WSW (237°).

Recent readings

Position 41.397, -71.033; exposure coastal. Buzzards Bay, 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 Buzzards Bay, MA: 2.3 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 3.8 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 Buzzards Bay, MA: 2.5 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 3.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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