Friday Harbor wind

Friday Harbor is a land weather station near Gordon Head in the San Juan Islands sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 0 kn from N (8°), gusting 1 kn, 2026-11-04 00:18 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:18 America/Vancouver).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 2 kn, 240 readings, gust 9 kn, peak mean 7 kn, mostly NNE (22°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:18 UTC: 0 kn from N (8°), gust 1 kn
2026-11-03 23:54 UTC: 2 kn from NE (34°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 3 kn from NE (34°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 21:54 UTC: 2 kn from NE (41°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 20:54 UTC: 3 kn from NE (34°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 4 kn from NNE (30°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 18:54 UTC: 4 kn from NE (34°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 17:54 UTC: 4 kn from NE (34°), gust 8 kn

Position 48.545, -123.013; exposure coastal. Friday Harbor 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 Friday Harbor: 2.4 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 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 Friday Harbor: 2.6 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Friday Harbor

Friday Harbor Arpt, 1.6 nm away
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FW5161 weather, 7.9 nm away