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Guard Island, AK wind

Guard Island, AK is a land weather station near Ketchikan. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 16 kn from ESE (110°), gusting 23 kn, 2026-11-04 23:12 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 14:12 America/Sitka). Air 9°C. 995 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 18 kn, 94 readings, gust 34 kn, peak mean 24 kn, mostly ESE (116°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Guard Island, AK reported 788 readings, mean 9 kn, strongest mean wind 25 kn, strongest gust 40 kn, mostly from ESE (104°).

What it reports

Guard Island, AK reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

Position 55.446, -131.881; exposure coastal. Guard Island, AK 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 Guard Island, AK: 3.2 kn on average across 54 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 Guard Island, AK: 3.0 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons.

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