Rollover Pass, TX wind

Rollover Pass, TX is a land weather station near Galveston. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 8 kn from NNE (20°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-04 05:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 23:48 America/Chicago). 1013 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 76 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly S (171°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 05:48 UTC: 8 kn from NNE (20°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-04 04:48 UTC: 9 kn from NNE (20°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-04 03:48 UTC: 8 kn from NNE (20°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 02:48 UTC: 12 kn from N (0°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-04 01:54 UTC: 8 kn from N (10°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 12 kn from NNE (20°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 8 kn from S (180°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 5 kn from SSW (210°), gust 8 kn

Position 29.515, -94.513; exposure coastal. Rollover Pass, TX 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Rollover Pass, TX: 2.5 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Rollover Pass, TX: 2.6 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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