Point Arguello, CA wind

Point Arguello, CA is a land weather station near Lompoc. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 9 kn from NNW (340°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 15:00 America/Los_Angeles). Air 18°C. 1018 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 84 readings, gust 15 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly N (354°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 9 kn from NNW (340°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 22:50 UTC: 8 kn from NW (320°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 21:50 UTC: 9 kn from NW (310°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 20:40 UTC: 10 kn from NW (320°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 19:40 UTC: 11 kn from NW (320°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 18:50 UTC: 11 kn from NW (320°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 7 kn from NNW (330°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 16:50 UTC: 8 kn from N (10°), gust 11 kn

Position 34.577, -120.647; exposure coastal. Point Arguello, CA 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 Point Arguello, CA: 2.5 kn on average across 161 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 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 Point Arguello, CA: 2.2 kn on average across 161 hourly comparisons, against 3.4 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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Stations near Point Arguello, CA

Vandenberg SFB/South, 3.7 nm away
Vandenberg AFB, 9.9 nm away
Lompoc Arpt, 10.5 nm away
K7AZ weather, 8.0 nm away
DW4531 weather, 11.9 nm away
Vandenberg SFB/North, 16.5 nm away