Isle of Shoals, NH wind

Isle of Shoals, NH is a land weather station near Rye in the Massachusetts Bay and Marblehead sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 10 kn from NE (40°), gusting 12 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:00 America/New_York). Air 13°C. 1022 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 85 readings, gust 20 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly SW (226°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 10 kn from NE (40°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 23:20 UTC: 9 kn from NE (40°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 22:50 UTC: 10 kn from NE (50°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 21:50 UTC: 11 kn from NE (50°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 20:50 UTC: 6 kn from NE (40°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 19:50 UTC: 5 kn from E (100°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 18:50 UTC: 7 kn from ESE (120°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (110°), gust 10 kn

Position 42.967, -70.623; exposure coastal. Isle of Shoals, NH 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 Isle of Shoals, NH: 3.0 kn on average across 156 hourly comparisons, against 4.0 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 Isle of Shoals, NH: 3.1 kn on average across 156 hourly comparisons, against 4.3 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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