Conimicut Light, RI wind

Conimicut Light, RI is a land weather station near Barrington in the Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 10 kn from S (170°), gusting 11 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 14°C. 1023 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 79 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 18 kn, mostly S (183°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 10 kn from S (170°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 12 kn from S (190°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 7 kn from S (170°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 15 kn from S (180°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 17 kn from S (180°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (200°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (160°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 4 kn from SSE (160°), gust 5 kn

Position 41.717, -71.345; exposure coastal. Conimicut Light, RI 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 Conimicut Light, RI: 3.4 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 3.5 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 Conimicut Light, RI: 3.2 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 3.5 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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