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Port Townsend wind

Port Townsend is a land weather station near Port Townsend in the San Juan Islands sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from WNW (283°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 00:18 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:18 America/Los_Angeles).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 240 readings, gust 9 kn, peak mean 6 kn, mostly W (268°).

Recent readings

Position 48.111, -122.760; exposure coastal. Port Townsend 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 Townsend: 2.3 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.

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 Townsend: 2.0 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 2.5 kn for HRDPS West 1 km (experimental).

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