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Greenwich Lightship wind
Greenwich Lightship is a land weather station near Seaford. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 20 kn from E (80°), 2026-11-04 22:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 22:00 Europe/London). Air 11°C. 1026 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 25 kn, 24 readings, peak mean 31 kn, mostly ENE (76°).
The last 7 days
Over the last 7 days Greenwich Lightship reported 167 readings, mean 18 kn, strongest mean wind 33 kn, mostly from ENE (58°).
What it reports
Greenwich Lightship reports wind speed, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.
Recent readings
- 2026-11-04 22:00 UTC: 20 kn from E (80°)
- 2026-11-04 21:00 UTC: 22 kn from E (80°)
- 2026-11-04 20:00 UTC: 22 kn from E (80°)
- 2026-11-04 19:00 UTC: 23 kn from E (80°)
- 2026-11-04 18:00 UTC: 25 kn from E (80°)
- 2026-11-04 17:00 UTC: 23 kn from ENE (70°)
- 2026-11-04 16:00 UTC: 22 kn from ENE (70°)
- 2026-11-04 15:00 UTC: 21 kn from ENE (70°)
Position 50.400, 0.000; exposure coastal. Greenwich Lightship 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 Greenwich Lightship: 3.1 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons.
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 Greenwich Lightship: 3.0 kn on average across 53 hourly comparisons.