Richmond, CA wind

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

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from ENE (70°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:48 America/Los_Angeles). Air 15°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 78 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 14 kn, mostly SSE (152°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 5 kn from ENE (70°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 2 kn from E (90°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 0 kn, gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 1 kn from ESE (120°), gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 3 kn from E (80°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 4 kn from S (190°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 9 kn from SE (140°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 11 kn from SSE (160°), gust 14 kn

Position 37.923, -122.410; exposure coastal. Richmond, 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 Richmond, CA: 1.9 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 3.6 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 Richmond, CA: 2.1 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 3.8 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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