Port Chicago, CA wind

Port Chicago, CA is a land weather station near Bay Point in the San Francisco Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 10 kn from NNE (30°), gusting 11 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:30 America/Los_Angeles). Air 13°C. 1017 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 78 readings, gust 13 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly ENE (63°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 10 kn from NNE (30°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 11 kn from NE (50°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 10 kn from NE (50°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 9 kn from NNE (30°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 7 kn from NNE (30°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (60°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 6 kn from E (80°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 6 kn from ENE (70°), gust 7 kn

Position 38.056, -122.039; exposure coastal. Port Chicago, 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 Port Chicago, CA: 2.2 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.5 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 Port Chicago, CA: 2.7 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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