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Caribou Island wind

Caribou Island is a land weather station in the Lake Superior sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 9 kn from S (180°), 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:00 America/Toronto). Air 11°C. 1008 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 14 kn, 22 readings, peak mean 23 kn, mostly SE (144°).

Recent readings

Position 47.334, -85.833; exposure coastal. Caribou Island 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 Caribou Island: 2.6 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Caribou Island: 2.7 kn on average across 164 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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