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Galveston 209A (Arena Offshore) wind

Galveston 209A (Arena Offshore) is a land weather station near Galveston. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 16 kn from NNE (20°), 2026-11-04 08:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 02:00 America/Chicago). Air 22°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 12 kn, 62 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 22 kn, mostly ESE (113°).

Recent readings

Position 29.130, -94.550; exposure coastal. Galveston 209A (Arena Offshore) 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 Galveston 209A (Arena Offshore): 4.2 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 4.8 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 Galveston 209A (Arena Offshore): 4.6 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 4.9 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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