Folly Island, SC wind

Folly Island, SC is a land weather station near James Island in the Charleston sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 14 kn from NE (50°), gusting 18 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:00 America/New_York). Air 20°C. 1022 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 15 kn, 82 readings, gust 22 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly NE (43°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 14 kn from NE (50°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 23:20 UTC: 15 kn from NE (50°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 22:50 UTC: 14 kn from NE (40°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 21:50 UTC: 15 kn from NE (50°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 20:50 UTC: 17 kn from NE (50°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 19:40 UTC: 16 kn from NE (50°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 18:50 UTC: 17 kn from NE (50°), gust 20 kn
2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 19 kn from NE (50°), gust 22 kn

Position 32.684, -79.887; exposure coastal. Folly Island, SC 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 Folly Island, SC: 2.7 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 3.2 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 Folly Island, SC: 2.7 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 3.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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