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Cal Poly Pier, CA wind

Cal Poly Pier, CA is a land weather station near Pismo Beach. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 7 kn from W (270°), 2026-11-04 01:10 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:10 America/Los_Angeles). Air 18°C. 1017 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 78 readings, peak mean 13 kn, mostly NNW (337°).

Recent readings

Position 35.170, -120.741; exposure coastal. Cal Poly Pier, CA 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 Cal Poly Pier, CA: 2.9 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 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 Cal Poly Pier, CA: 2.7 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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