Weather stations · Conditions map
Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl wind
Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl is a airport weather station near Hambantota. The readings come from Aviation weather (METAR), and Telltale keeps every one of them so the history on this page is the station's own record.
Latest observation
The latest reading at Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl is a wind of 2 kn from the N (10°), observed at 2026-11-03 18:10 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 23:40 local time, Asia/Colombo). The air temperature was 24°C. Sea-level pressure was 1014 hPa.
The last 24 hours
Over the 24 hours to that reading, Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl averaged 3 kn across 11 observations and a strongest mean wind of 8 kn. The prevailing direction, weighted by wind speed, was SSE (147°).
About this station
- Type
- airport weather station
- Source
- Aviation weather (METAR)
- Position
- 6.287, 81.125
- Exposure
- unknown
Telltale has not classified how exposed Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl is, so compare it with nearby stations before relying on its absolute numbers.
Reading these numbers
The mean wind is averaged over the station's reporting period, and a gust is the strongest short burst inside it, so a gust is always at least the mean. Speeds are in knots, directions are where the wind blows from, and times are given in UTC with the station's local time beside them. A station measures its own spot; a forecast model describes a grid cell, so the two can differ by a few knots even when the forecast is good. Mattala/Rajapaksa Intl is one of the stations Telltale compares with the forecast models before it shapes the live wind map; understand the weather models or how coastal wind behaves.