Kotka Rankki wind

Kotka Rankki is a land weather station near Kotka. Readings from Finnish Meteorological Institute (CC BY 4.0).

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from NW (314°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 07:50 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 09:50 Europe/Helsinki). Air 3°C. 1028 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 10 kn, 144 readings, gust 24 kn, peak mean 14 kn, mostly NNW (330°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 07:50 UTC: 5 kn from NW (314°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 06:50 UTC: 4 kn from NW (320°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-04 05:50 UTC: 4 kn from NNW (334°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 04:50 UTC: 7 kn from NNW (337°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-04 03:50 UTC: 10 kn from NNW (348°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-04 02:50 UTC: 10 kn from NNW (344°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-04 01:50 UTC: 10 kn from NNW (346°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-04 00:50 UTC: 10 kn from NNW (340°), gust 17 kn

Position 60.375, 26.959; exposure marine. Kotka Rankki is on open water.

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 Kotka Rankki: 2.2 kn on average across 56 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 Kotka Rankki: 2.5 kn on average across 53 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Kotka Rankki

Kotka Haapasaari, 8.5 nm away
Loviisa Orrengrund, 16.3 nm away