High Island, TX wind

High Island, TX is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from NNW (340°), gusting 8 kn, 2026-11-04 06:48 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 00:48 America/Chicago). 1012 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 76 readings, gust 17 kn, peak mean 11 kn, mostly SSW (193°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 06:48 UTC: 5 kn from NNW (340°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 05:48 UTC: 4 kn from NNW (340°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-04 04:48 UTC: 5 kn from N (350°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-04 03:48 UTC: 6 kn from N (350°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 02:48 UTC: 8 kn from NW (320°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 01:54 UTC: 6 kn from NNW (340°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 6 kn from N (350°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 5 kn from SSW (200°), gust 8 kn

Position 29.595, -94.390; exposure coastal. High Island, TX 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 High Island, TX: 2.5 kn on average across 153 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at High Island, TX: 2.4 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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