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Port Washington, WI wind

Port Washington, WI is a land weather station near Port Washington in the Lake Michigan sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 0 kn, 2026-11-04 00:55 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:55 America/Chicago). Air 13°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 12 kn, 100 readings, peak mean 35 kn, mostly S (188°).

Recent readings

Position 43.388, -87.867; exposure coastal. Port Washington, WI 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 Washington, WI: 4.4 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 4.5 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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 Washington, WI: 4.5 kn on average across 166 hourly comparisons, against 4.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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