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Destruction Island, WA wind

Destruction Island, WA is a land weather station in the Juan de Fuca Strait sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn, gusting 3 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:00 America/Los_Angeles). 1017 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 24 readings, gust 11 kn, peak mean 10 kn.

Recent readings

Position 47.675, -124.485; exposure coastal. Destruction Island, WA 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 Destruction Island, WA: 4.1 kn on average across 167 hourly comparisons, against 4.2 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Destruction Island, WA: 4.0 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons, against 4.8 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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