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Lewes, DE wind

Lewes, DE is a land weather station near Georgetown in the Delaware Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn from S (190°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York). Air 16°C. 1025 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 79 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly S (177°).

Recent readings

Position 38.783, -75.119; exposure coastal. Lewes, DE 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 Lewes, DE: 2.2 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 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 Lewes, DE: 2.1 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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