Cape Henry, VA wind

Cape Henry, VA is a land weather station near Virginia Beach. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from SSE (160°), gusting 7 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York). Air 17°C. 1023 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 80 readings, gust 10 kn, peak mean 8 kn, mostly ESE (121°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (160°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 8 kn from SSE (160°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 7 kn from SSE (160°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 7 kn from SSE (150°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 7 kn from SE (140°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 7 kn from SE (140°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 5 kn from ESE (120°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 5 kn from ESE (120°), gust 6 kn

Position 36.926, -76.007; exposure coastal. Cape Henry, VA 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 Cape Henry, VA: 1.6 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 1.7 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 Cape Henry, VA: 1.5 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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