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Chesapeake City, MD wind

Chesapeake City, MD is a land weather station near Elkton in the Delaware Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 1 kn from SE (140°), gusting 2 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 14°C. 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 2 kn, 77 readings, gust 11 kn, peak mean 8 kn, mostly SW (221°).

Recent readings

Position 39.527, -75.810; exposure coastal. Chesapeake City, MD 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Chesapeake City, MD: 2.4 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Chesapeake City, MD: 2.2 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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