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Richmond South wind

Richmond South is a land weather station near Shellmont in the Howe Sound and Sea to Sky sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from W (274°), 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:00 America/Vancouver). Air 11°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 2 kn, 24 readings, peak mean 4 kn, mostly WNW (300°).

Recent readings

Position 49.141, -123.108; exposure coastal; sensor 12 m up. Richmond South 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 HRDPS West 1 km (experimental) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Richmond South: 1.5 kn on average across 95 hourly comparisons, against 1.6 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Richmond South: 1.5 kn on average across 95 hourly comparisons, against 1.7 kn for HRDPS West 1 km (experimental).

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