Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA wind

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA is a land weather station near Virginia Beach. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 10 kn from SSE (160°), gusting 11 kn, 2026-11-05 01:18 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 20:18 America/New_York). 1017 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 74 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly SE (132°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA reported 598 readings, mean 7 kn, strongest mean wind 20 kn, strongest gust 24 kn, mostly from ENE (61°).

What it reports

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

2026-11-05 01:18 UTC: 10 kn from SSE (160°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-05 00:48 UTC: 10 kn from SSE (160°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-04 23:48 UTC: 10 kn from SSE (160°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-04 22:48 UTC: 8 kn from SE (140°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-04 21:48 UTC: 7 kn from SE (130°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 20:48 UTC: 6 kn from ESE (120°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 19:48 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (110°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 18:30 UTC: 7 kn from ESE (110°), gust 8 kn

Position 37.032, -76.083; exposure coastal. Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA 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 Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA: 1.8 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 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 Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA: 2.0 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA

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York Spit, VA, 13.4 nm away
Norfolk NAS, 11.1 nm away