Great Bay Buoy wind

Great Bay Buoy is a weather buoy near Stratham Station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from ENE (70°), gusting 2 kn, 2026-11-03 22:13 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:13 America/New_York). Air 14°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 26 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly SW (230°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 22:13 UTC: 2 kn from ENE (70°), gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 21:56 UTC: 0 kn, gust 0 kn
2026-11-03 19:58 UTC: 6 kn from ESE (110°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 18:56 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (110°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 16:58 UTC: 2 kn from NNE (20°), gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 15:00 UTC: 2 kn from E (80°), gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 14:43 UTC: 2 kn from ESE (110°), gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 13:58 UTC: 2 kn from NNW (340°), gust 2 kn

Position 43.071, -70.868; exposure marine. Great Bay Buoy is on open water.

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 Great Bay Buoy: 2.2 kn on average across 138 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 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 Great Bay Buoy: 2.4 kn on average across 138 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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