Portland, ME wind

Portland, ME is a land weather station near Portland in the Casco Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from NE (40°), gusting 8 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 12°C. 1022 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 78 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 11 kn, mostly ESE (103°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 6 kn from NE (40°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 8 kn from E (80°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 9 kn from ENE (70°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (60°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 6 kn from ENE (60°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 4 kn from ENE (70°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 5 kn from ENE (70°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 5 kn from NE (50°), gust 5 kn

Position 43.656, -70.246; exposure coastal. Portland, ME 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 Portland, ME: 2.2 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 3.0 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 Portland, ME: 2.0 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 3.0 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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