Piney Point, MD wind

Piney Point, MD is a land weather station near Lexington Park in the Chesapeake Bay and Annapolis sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 7 kn from SSE (160°), gusting 8 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 80 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 11 kn, mostly SE (140°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 7 kn from SSE (160°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 9 kn from SSE (160°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 8 kn from SSE (150°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 10 kn from ESE (120°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (110°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (120°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 9 kn from ESE (120°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 4 kn from E (100°), gust 5 kn

Position 38.134, -76.533; exposure coastal. Piney Point, MD 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 Piney Point, MD: 1.9 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 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 Piney Point, MD: 2.0 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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