Cedar Key, FL wind

Cedar Key, FL is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 14 kn from E (80°), gusting 18 kn, 2026-11-04 00:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:50 America/New_York). Air 25°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 13 kn, 86 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 18 kn, mostly ENE (72°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:50 UTC: 14 kn from E (80°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 23:50 UTC: 12 kn from E (80°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 22:50 UTC: 11 kn from E (100°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 21:50 UTC: 11 kn from SE (130°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 20:30 UTC: 15 kn from E (90°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 19:50 UTC: 9 kn from ESE (120°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 18:40 UTC: 9 kn from E (100°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 8 kn from E (100°), gust 9 kn

Position 29.136, -83.029; exposure coastal. Cedar Key, FL 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 Cedar Key, FL: 2.6 kn on average across 53 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 Cedar Key, FL: 2.8 kn on average across 160 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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Stations near Cedar Key, FL

Cedar Key, FL, 0.2 nm away
FW9298 weather, 16.6 nm away
EW5893 weather, 22.4 nm away