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Cape St. Elias wind
Cape St. Elias is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 26 kn from ESE (110°), gusting 40 kn, 2026-11-04 23:12 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 14:12 America/Anchorage). Air 7°C. 991 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 22 kn, 88 readings, gust 73 kn, peak mean 32 kn, mostly ESE (118°).
The last 7 days
Over the last 7 days Cape St. Elias reported 784 readings, mean 14 kn, strongest mean wind 44 kn, strongest gust 83 kn, mostly from ESE (116°).
What it reports
Cape St. Elias reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.
Recent readings
- 2026-11-04 23:12 UTC: 26 kn from ESE (110°), gust 40 kn
- 2026-11-04 22:52 UTC: 30 kn from ESE (120°), gust 41 kn
- 2026-11-04 21:52 UTC: 25 kn from ESE (110°), gust 40 kn
- 2026-11-04 20:52 UTC: 27 kn from ESE (110°), gust 42 kn
- 2026-11-04 19:32 UTC: 24 kn from ESE (120°), gust 39 kn
- 2026-11-04 18:52 UTC: 24 kn from ESE (110°), gust 39 kn
- 2026-11-04 17:52 UTC: 18 kn from ESE (120°), gust 37 kn
- 2026-11-04 16:52 UTC: 24 kn from ESE (110°), gust 40 kn
Position 59.798, -144.600; exposure coastal. Cape St. Elias 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 St. Elias: 6.6 kn on average across 54 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 Cape St. Elias: 6.9 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons.