Pilottown, LA wind

Pilottown, LA is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 0 kn, gusting 1 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/Chicago). Air 24°C. 1014 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 78 readings, gust 16 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly ESE (122°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 0 kn, gust 1 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 2 kn from SSE (150°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 5 kn from SSE (150°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (160°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 8 kn from SE (140°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 9 kn from SSE (160°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 9 kn from SSE (160°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 7 kn from SSE (160°), gust 13 kn

Position 29.179, -89.259; exposure coastal. Pilottown, LA 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 Pilottown, LA: 2.4 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 5.0 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 Pilottown, LA: 2.3 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 4.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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Stations near Pilottown, LA

Pilot's Station East, SW Pass, LA, 16.7 nm away
Southwest Pass, LA, 18.7 nm away