South Craney Island, VA wind

South Craney Island, VA is a land weather station near Norfolk. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 0 kn, gusting 2 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 19°C. 1025 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 80 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly ENE (64°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 0 kn, gust 2 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 0 kn, gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 4 kn from E (100°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (70°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 9 kn from NE (50°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 9 kn from NE (50°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 7 kn from N (10°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 3 kn from NNE (20°), gust 4 kn

Position 36.888, -76.338; exposure coastal. South Craney Island, VA 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 South Craney Island, VA: 1.9 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 1.9 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 South Craney Island, VA: 2.0 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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Stations near South Craney Island, VA

Willoughby Deguassing Station, VA, 5.5 nm away
Norfolk NAS, 4.0 nm away
Dominion Terminal Associates, VA, 6.1 nm away
Money Point, VA, 6.8 nm away
GW6316 weather, 1.6 nm away
GW6569 weather, 2.1 nm away