Oak St., Chicago, IL wind

Oak St., Chicago, IL is a land weather station near Near North Side in the Lake Michigan sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 7 kn from ESE (120°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:00 America/Chicago). Air 23°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 14 readings, gust 11 kn, peak mean 7 kn, mostly ENE (61°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 7 kn from ESE (120°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 3 kn from ENE (60°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 3 kn from NNE (20°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 2 kn from N (0°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 1 kn from N (0°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 16:00 UTC: 2 kn from E (90°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 14:00 UTC: 3 kn from W (260°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 13:00 UTC: 3 kn from SW (220°), gust 6 kn

Position 41.912, -87.624; exposure coastal. Oak St., Chicago, IL 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 Oak St., Chicago, IL: 3.8 kn on average across 22 hourly comparisons, against 4.8 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 Oak St., Chicago, IL: 3.9 kn on average across 22 hourly comparisons, against 5.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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