Clearwater Beach, FL wind

Clearwater Beach, FL is a land weather station near Clearwater in the Tampa Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 7 kn from S (190°), gusting 8 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:00 America/New_York). Air 25°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 78 readings, gust 20 kn, peak mean 15 kn, mostly E (83°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 7 kn from S (190°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 4 kn from E (90°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 6 kn from ESE (110°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 7 kn from ESE (120°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 6 kn from ESE (110°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 9 kn from E (90°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 13 kn from ESE (110°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 9 kn from ESE (110°), gust 16 kn

Position 27.978, -82.832; exposure coastal. Clearwater Beach, 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Clearwater Beach, FL: 1.9 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 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 Clearwater Beach, FL: 1.9 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.1 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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