Galveston Bay Entrance (North Jetty), TX wind

Galveston Bay Entrance (North Jetty), TX is a land weather station near Galveston. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 11 kn from NE (40°), gusting 12 kn, 2026-11-04 05:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 23:00 America/Chicago). Air 22°C. 1012 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 10 kn, 75 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly S (188°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 05:00 UTC: 11 kn from NE (40°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 04:48 UTC: 11 kn from NE (40°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 03:48 UTC: 11 kn from NNE (30°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-04 02:54 UTC: 15 kn from NNE (20°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-04 01:54 UTC: 9 kn from NE (50°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 12 kn from NNE (20°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 15 kn from NNW (330°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 14 kn from SW (220°), gust 16 kn

Position 29.357, -94.725; exposure coastal. Galveston Bay Entrance (North Jetty), TX 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 Galveston Bay Entrance (North Jetty), TX: 2.3 kn on average across 153 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 Galveston Bay Entrance (North Jetty), TX: 2.6 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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