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Pensacola wind
Pensacola is a weather buoy. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 8 kn from SSW (200°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 23:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 17:00 America/Chicago). Air 26°C. 1012 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 10 kn, 83 readings, gust 25 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly SSE (167°).
The last 7 days
Over the last 7 days Pensacola reported 674 readings, mean 16 kn, strongest mean wind 25 kn, strongest gust 33 kn, mostly from E (83°).
What it reports
Pensacola reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.
Recent readings
- 2026-11-04 23:00 UTC: 8 kn from SSW (200°), gust 10 kn
- 2026-11-04 22:50 UTC: 8 kn from SSW (200°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-04 21:40 UTC: 6 kn from S (190°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-04 20:30 UTC: 6 kn from S (170°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-04 19:50 UTC: 6 kn from SSW (200°), gust 6 kn
- 2026-11-04 18:50 UTC: 8 kn from SW (220°), gust 10 kn
- 2026-11-04 17:40 UTC: 6 kn from S (170°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-04 16:40 UTC: 4 kn from SSW (200°), gust 6 kn
Position 28.768, -86.024; exposure marine. Pensacola is on open water.
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 Pensacola: 1.8 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 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 Pensacola: 2.3 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.