Halifax Harbour wind

Halifax Harbour is a weather buoy near Eastern Passage in the Halifax and the Nova Scotia coast sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.

Latest observation

Now 12 kn from ESE (103°), gusting 14 kn, 2026-11-04 01:05 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 21:05 America/Halifax). Air 10°C. 1028 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 8 kn, 24 readings, gust 15 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly NNE (27°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 01:05 UTC: 12 kn from ESE (103°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-04 00:05 UTC: 11 kn from ESE (104°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 23:05 UTC: 9 kn from NE (51°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 22:05 UTC: 7 kn from ENE (67°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 21:05 UTC: 7 kn from ENE (65°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 20:05 UTC: 7 kn from E (89°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 19:05 UTC: 7 kn from E (84°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 18:05 UTC: 6 kn from E (79°), gust 7 kn

Position 44.502, -63.403; exposure marine. Halifax Harbour is on open water.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Halifax Harbour: 1.8 kn on average across 166 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Halifax Harbour: 2.1 kn on average across 166 hourly comparisons, against 3.2 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Halifax Harbour

McNabs Island, 8.2 nm away
FW5955 weather, 5.2 nm away
Osborne Head, 6.7 nm away
Shearwater, 9.4 nm away
Halifax Kootenay, 8.1 nm away
Mcnabs Island (aut), 8.2 nm away