Redwood City, CA wind

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

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from SSE (160°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:48 America/Los_Angeles). Air 17°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 78 readings, gust 22 kn, peak mean 17 kn, mostly SSE (165°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (160°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 7 kn from S (180°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 2 kn from W (260°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 2 kn from SSW (210°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 10 kn from S (180°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 13 kn from S (190°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 3 kn from SE (140°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 2 kn from E (100°), gust 7 kn

Position 37.507, -122.212; exposure coastal. Redwood City, 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 ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Redwood City, CA: 1.5 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 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 Redwood City, CA: 1.7 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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