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South Haven Light, South Haven, MI wind

South Haven Light, South Haven, MI is a land weather station near Benton Harbor in the Lake Michigan sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 9 kn from ESE (110°), gusting 11 kn, 2026-11-04 00:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:50 America/Detroit). Air 22°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 13 kn, 75 readings, gust 23 kn, peak mean 20 kn, mostly SSE (152°).

Recent readings

Position 42.401, -86.288; exposure coastal. South Haven Light, South Haven, MI 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 South Haven Light, South Haven, MI: 2.0 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 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 South Haven Light, South Haven, MI: 2.1 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 2.5 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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