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Matagorda City, TX wind

Matagorda City, TX is a land weather station near Bay City. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from N (350°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:48 America/Chicago). Air 23°C. 1011 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 79 readings, gust 16 kn, peak mean 13 kn, mostly SSE (160°).

Recent readings

Position 28.710, -95.914; exposure coastal. Matagorda City, TX 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 Matagorda City, TX: 1.9 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 1.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Matagorda City, TX: 1.7 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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