Charleston, Cooper River Entrance, SC wind

Charleston, Cooper River Entrance, SC is a land weather station near Charleston in the Charleston sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 12 kn from NE (50°), gusting 14 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 20°C. 1022 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 15 kn, 79 readings, gust 25 kn, peak mean 21 kn, mostly NE (53°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 12 kn from NE (50°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 13 kn from NE (50°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 14 kn from ENE (60°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 14 kn from ENE (60°), gust 20 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 16 kn from ENE (70°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 16 kn from E (80°), gust 22 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 18 kn from E (80°), gust 24 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 19 kn from ENE (70°), gust 23 kn

Position 32.781, -79.924; exposure coastal. Charleston, Cooper River Entrance, SC 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 Charleston, Cooper River Entrance, SC: 2.9 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 3.5 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 Charleston, Cooper River Entrance, SC: 2.7 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 3.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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