Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay, TX wind

Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay, TX is a land weather station near Port Lavaca. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 8 kn from N (0°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/Chicago). Air 24°C. 1012 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 11 kn, 78 readings, gust 20 kn, peak mean 17 kn, mostly SE (132°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 8 kn from N (0°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 10 kn from NNW (330°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 12 kn from NW (310°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 12 kn from WNW (290°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 12 kn from S (170°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 11 kn from S (170°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 12 kn from SSE (160°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 11 kn from S (170°), gust 14 kn

Position 28.446, -96.396; exposure coastal. Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay, TX 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 Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay, TX: 2.0 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 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 Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay, TX: 2.1 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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Stations near Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay, TX

Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel, TX, 3.9 nm away
FW4074 weather, 0.7 nm away
Port Lavaca, TX, 16.2 nm away
Seadrift, TX, 16.8 nm away
Palacios Muni, 18.3 nm away
Port Lavaca/Calhoun Cnty, 19.3 nm away