Weather stations · Conditions map
Passage Island, MI wind
Passage Island, MI is a land weather station in the Lake Superior sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 6 kn from N (10°), gusting 11 kn, 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:00 America/Toronto). 1007 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 14 kn, 24 readings, gust 32 kn, peak mean 29 kn, mostly SE (126°).
Recent readings
- 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 6 kn from N (10°), gust 11 kn
- 2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 4 kn from N (10°), gust 5 kn
- 2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 3 kn from N (0°), gust 5 kn
- 2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 4 kn from N (10°), gust 6 kn
- 2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 6 kn from NNE (20°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 7 kn from NW (320°), gust 7 kn
- 2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 5 kn from ESE (120°), gust 5 kn
- 2026-11-03 16:00 UTC: 5 kn from E (100°), gust 5 kn
Position 48.223, -88.366; exposure coastal. Passage Island, MI 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 Passage Island, MI: 3.2 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons, against 3.4 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 Passage Island, MI: 3.3 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons, against 3.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).