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Cap-Gris-Nez wind

Cap-Gris-Nez is a land weather station near Wimereux. Readings from Météo-France (Licence Ouverte 2.0 Etalab).

Latest observation

Now 11 kn from E (100°), gusting 16 kn, 2026-11-05 04:00 UTC (Thursday 5 Nov 05:00 Europe/Paris). Air 6°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 14 kn, 69 readings, gust 26 kn, peak mean 18 kn, mostly ENE (77°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Cap-Gris-Nez reported 681 readings, mean 12 kn, strongest mean wind 31 kn, strongest gust 39 kn, mostly from ENE (73°).

What it reports

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

Recent readings

Position 50.870, 1.583; exposure coastal. Cap-Gris-Nez 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-Gris-Nez: 3.2 kn on average across 53 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-Gris-Nez: 3.6 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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