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Cap-Ferret wind

Cap-Ferret is a land weather station near Arcachon. Readings from Météo-France (Licence Ouverte 2.0 Etalab).

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from ESE (120°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-04 23:24 UTC (Thursday 5 Nov 00:24 Europe/Paris). Air 8°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 70 readings, gust 14 kn, peak mean 8 kn, mostly ENE (78°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Cap-Ferret reported 639 readings, mean 6 kn, strongest mean wind 14 kn, strongest gust 23 kn, mostly from NE (38°).

What it reports

Cap-Ferret reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction and air temperature, every 6 min.

Recent readings

Position 44.631, -1.252; exposure coastal. Cap-Ferret 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 Cap-Ferret: 1.5 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons.

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 Cap-Ferret: 1.6 kn on average across 47 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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