Mackinaw City, MI wind

Mackinaw City, MI is a land weather station near Petoskey. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn from NNE (30°), gusting 4 kn, 2026-11-04 03:18 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 22:18 America/Detroit). 1010 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 8 kn, 74 readings, gust 20 kn, peak mean 15 kn, mostly SSW (203°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 03:18 UTC: 3 kn from NNE (30°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-04 02:48 UTC: 0 kn, gust 2 kn
2026-11-04 01:54 UTC: 2 kn from ENE (70°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 2 kn from WNW (300°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 1 kn from NNW (340°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 8 kn from NW (310°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 9 kn from SSW (200°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 12 kn from SSW (210°), gust 16 kn

Position 45.777, -84.721; exposure coastal. Mackinaw City, MI 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 Mackinaw City, MI: 2.8 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 3.0 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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 Mackinaw City, MI: 3.0 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 3.5 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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