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Solomons Island, MD wind

Solomons Island, MD is a land weather station near Chesapeake Ranch Estates in the Chesapeake Bay and Annapolis sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from S (170°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 17°C. 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 73 readings, gust 13 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly SSE (168°).

Recent readings

Position 38.321, -76.452; exposure coastal. Solomons Island, MD 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 Solomons Island, MD: 1.8 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 2.1 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Solomons Island, MD: 2.0 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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