Cherry Point North Dock wind

Cherry Point North Dock is a land weather station near Birch Bay in the San Juan Islands sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn from NNW (327°), gusting 3 kn, 2026-11-04 00:06 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:06 America/Los_Angeles).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 240 readings, gust 9 kn, peak mean 7 kn, mostly NNW (340°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:06 UTC: 3 kn from NNW (327°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 23:54 UTC: 3 kn from NW (324°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 5 kn from WNW (292°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 21:54 UTC: 4 kn from NW (304°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 20:54 UTC: 4 kn from NW (311°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 7 kn from NW (304°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 18:54 UTC: 3 kn from WNW (294°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 17:54 UTC: 2 kn from SW (220°), gust 3 kn

Position 48.864, -122.764; exposure coastal. Cherry Point North Dock 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 HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Cherry Point North Dock: 2.7 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for HRDPS West 1 km (experimental).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS West 1 km (experimental) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Cherry Point North Dock: 2.6 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Cherry Point North Dock

Cherry Point South Dock, 0.4 nm away
GW4240 weather, 4.6 nm away
DW0884 weather, 4.6 nm away
CW3375 weather, 6.7 nm away
Se'lhaem Bellingham Bay, 11.2 nm away
White Rock, 9.3 nm away