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Grand Marais, MI wind
Grand Marais, MI is a land weather station in the Lake Superior sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 10 kn from S (190°), gusting 17 kn, 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:50 America/Detroit).
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 14 kn, 18 readings, gust 29 kn, peak mean 22 kn, mostly SSW (191°).
Recent readings
- 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC: 10 kn from S (190°), gust 17 kn
- 2026-11-03 22:50 UTC: 8 kn from SSW (200°), gust 12 kn
- 2026-11-03 21:50 UTC: 11 kn from S (190°), gust 18 kn
- 2026-11-03 20:50 UTC: 11 kn from S (190°), gust 16 kn
- 2026-11-03 18:50 UTC: 10 kn from SW (220°), gust 13 kn
- 2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 14 kn from SW (220°), gust 18 kn
- 2026-11-03 16:50 UTC: 14 kn from S (190°), gust 21 kn
- 2026-11-03 15:50 UTC: 14 kn from S (190°), gust 20 kn
Position 46.684, -85.972; exposure coastal. Grand Marais, MI 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 Grand Marais, MI: 3.8 kn on average across 159 hourly comparisons, against 3.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.
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 Grand Marais, MI: 4.0 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 4.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).