San Francisco wind

San Francisco is a weather buoy near Tamalpais Valley in the San Francisco Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 12 kn from S (190°), gusting 14 kn, 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 15:50 America/Los_Angeles). 1015 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 10 kn, 68 readings, gust 25 kn, peak mean 21 kn, mostly S (185°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:50 UTC: 12 kn from S (190°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (200°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 21:40 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (210°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 20:40 UTC: 10 kn from SW (220°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 19:30 UTC: 8 kn from SSE (160°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 18:30 UTC: 17 kn from S (170°), gust 21 kn
2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 19 kn from SSE (160°), gust 25 kn
2026-11-03 16:40 UTC: 19 kn from S (170°), gust 23 kn

Position 37.750, -122.838; exposure marine. San Francisco is on open water.

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 San Francisco: 2.4 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 3.3 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 San Francisco: 3.2 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 4.5 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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