St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay, FL wind

St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay, FL is a land weather station near St. Petersburg in the Tampa Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from E (90°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 02:18 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 21:18 America/New_York). 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 79 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly E (91°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 02:18 UTC: 6 kn from E (90°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 01:54 UTC: 5 kn from E (90°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 10 kn from E (100°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 2 kn from E (80°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 5 kn from E (100°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 5 kn from SE (140°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 4 kn from SE (140°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 7 kn from SE (130°), gust 11 kn

Position 27.761, -82.627; exposure coastal. St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay, FL 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 St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay, FL: 2.5 kn on average across 51 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay, FL: 2.4 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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