Rocky Island, AK wind

Rocky Island, AK is a land weather station near Juneau. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 21 kn from N (0°), gusting 27 kn, 2026-11-04 04:42 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:42 America/Juneau). Air 6°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 12 kn, 95 readings, gust 37 kn, peak mean 23 kn, mostly NNE (19°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 04:42 UTC: 21 kn from N (0°), gust 27 kn
2026-11-04 03:42 UTC: 22 kn from N (0°), gust 28 kn
2026-11-04 02:42 UTC: 22 kn from N (0°), gust 28 kn
2026-11-04 01:42 UTC: 21 kn from NNW (340°), gust 28 kn
2026-11-04 00:52 UTC: 23 kn from N (350°), gust 37 kn
2026-11-03 23:52 UTC: 19 kn from N (0°), gust 30 kn
2026-11-03 22:52 UTC: 21 kn from N (350°), gust 26 kn
2026-11-03 21:52 UTC: 16 kn from N (0°), gust 24 kn

Position 58.177, -135.052; exposure coastal. Rocky Island, AK 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 Rocky Island, AK: 6.6 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons.

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 Rocky Island, AK: 6.6 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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