Calumet Harbor, IL wind

Calumet Harbor, IL is a land weather station near South Chicago. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 11 kn from SSE (150°), gusting 15 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:48 America/Chicago). Air 22°C. 1010 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 11 kn, 75 readings, gust 27 kn, peak mean 17 kn, mostly SSE (169°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 11 kn from SSE (150°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 8 kn from SSE (150°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 11 kn from SSE (160°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 13 kn from S (170°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 14 kn from SSE (160°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 19:48 UTC: 12 kn from S (180°), gust 23 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 14 kn from S (170°), gust 27 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 13 kn from S (190°), gust 19 kn

Position 41.730, -87.538; exposure coastal. Calumet Harbor, IL 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 ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Calumet Harbor, IL: 1.7 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 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 Calumet Harbor, IL: 1.9 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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