Panama City Beach, FL wind

Panama City Beach, FL is a land weather station near Panama City Beach. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 10 kn from ESE (110°), gusting 12 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:48 America/Chicago). Air 26°C. 1015 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 79 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly E (100°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 10 kn from ESE (110°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (110°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 10 kn from ESE (120°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 9 kn from SSE (150°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 11 kn from ESE (110°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 11 kn from ESE (120°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 11 kn from ESE (120°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 12 kn from ESE (120°), gust 17 kn

Position 30.213, -85.880; exposure coastal. Panama City Beach, FL 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 Panama City Beach, FL: 2.3 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 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 Panama City Beach, FL: 2.5 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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