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Ketchikan Harbor, AK wind

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

Latest observation

Now 19 kn from SE (130°), gusting 35 kn, 2026-11-04 23:12 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 14:12 America/Sitka). Air 10°C. 997 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 16 kn, 94 readings, gust 39 kn, peak mean 21 kn, mostly SE (135°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Ketchikan Harbor, AK reported 789 readings, mean 7 kn, strongest mean wind 24 kn, strongest gust 42 kn, mostly from SE (134°).

What it reports

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

Recent readings

Position 55.352, -131.684; exposure coastal. Ketchikan Harbor, 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 Ketchikan Harbor, AK: 2.7 kn on average across 55 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 Ketchikan Harbor, AK: 3.2 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons.

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