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DELAWARE BAY 26 NM Southeast of Cape May, NJ wind

DELAWARE BAY 26 NM Southeast of Cape May, NJ is a weather buoy near Ocean City in the Chesapeake Bay and Annapolis sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from SSE (160°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:50 America/New_York). Air 17°C. 1025 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 80 readings, gust 8 kn, peak mean 8 kn, mostly S (181°).

Recent readings

Position 38.460, -74.692; exposure marine. DELAWARE BAY 26 NM Southeast of Cape May, NJ is on open water.

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 DELAWARE BAY 26 NM Southeast of Cape May, NJ: 1.6 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 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 DELAWARE BAY 26 NM Southeast of Cape May, NJ: 1.4 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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