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Nantucket Island, MA wind

Nantucket Island, MA is a land weather station near Nantucket in the Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from SW (230°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 15°C. 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 78 readings, gust 17 kn, peak mean 11 kn, mostly WSW (238°).

Recent readings

Position 41.285, -70.096; exposure coastal. Nantucket Island, MA 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 Nantucket Island, MA: 3.1 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 6.4 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 Nantucket Island, MA: 3.3 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 6.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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