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Duck Pier, NC wind

Duck Pier, NC is a land weather station near Kill Devil Hills in the Pamlico Sound and the Outer Banks sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from N (10°), gusting 4 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 18°C. 1025 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 79 readings, gust 10 kn, peak mean 9 kn, mostly NNE (26°).

Recent readings

Position 36.184, -75.746; exposure coastal. Duck Pier, NC 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 ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Duck Pier, NC: 1.9 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 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 Duck Pier, NC: 2.0 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.5 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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