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Ship Island, AK wind

Ship Island, AK is a land weather station near Ketchikan. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 17 kn from ESE (110°), gusting 35 kn, 2026-11-04 23:12 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 14:12 America/Sitka). Air 10°C. 996 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 21 kn, 88 readings, gust 48 kn, peak mean 35 kn, mostly ESE (122°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Ship Island, AK reported 740 readings, mean 9 kn, strongest mean wind 35 kn, strongest gust 48 kn, mostly from ESE (113°).

What it reports

Ship Island, AK reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

Position 55.599, -132.203; exposure coastal. Ship 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 Ship Island, AK: 3.3 kn on average across 53 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 Ship Island, AK: 3.1 kn on average across 53 hourly comparisons.

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