Saint-Benoit wind

Saint-Benoit is a land weather station near Saint-Benoît. Readings from Météo-France (Licence Ouverte 2.0 Etalab).

Latest observation

Now 1 kn from NNW (330°), gusting 2 kn, 2026-11-04 01:42 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 05:42 Indian/Reunion). Air 22°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 72 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 7 kn, mostly SW (232°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 01:42 UTC: 1 kn from NNW (330°), gust 2 kn
2026-11-04 00:54 UTC: 4 kn from WSW (240°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 23:48 UTC: 3 kn from W (260°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 2 kn from SE (140°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 21:54 UTC: 4 kn from SW (220°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 20:42 UTC: 5 kn from SW (220°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 5 kn from SW (220°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 18:42 UTC: 6 kn from SW (220°), gust 9 kn

Position -21.059, 55.719; exposure coastal. Saint-Benoit 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 Saint-Benoit: 2.8 kn on average across 54 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 Saint-Benoit: 2.7 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Saint-Benoit

Gros Piton Sainte-Rose, 9.5 nm away
Gillot-Aeroport, 14.6 nm away
FR5ZU weather, 11.6 nm away
Reunion/St Denis/Garros Arpt, 15.6 nm away
Le Baril, 18.0 nm away
GW535 weather, 18.1 nm away