Stone Living Lab Rainsford Island Weather Station wind

Stone Living Lab Rainsford Island Weather Station is a land weather station near Hull in the Massachusetts Bay and Marblehead sailing area. Readings from NERACOOS · Stone Living Lab.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn from SSW (206°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 00:40 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:40 America/New_York). Air 15°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 288 readings, gust 10 kn, peak mean 6 kn, mostly SW (221°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:40 UTC: 3 kn from SSW (206°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 23:55 UTC: 5 kn from SSW (199°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 22:55 UTC: 5 kn from S (187°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 21:55 UTC: 2 kn from SSE (161°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 20:55 UTC: 3 kn from SW (233°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 19:55 UTC: 3 kn from WSW (239°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 18:55 UTC: 3 kn from SSW (213°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 17:55 UTC: 2 kn from WSW (240°), gust 4 kn

Position 42.311, -70.955; exposure coastal. Stone Living Lab Rainsford Island Weather Station 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 Stone Living Lab Rainsford Island Weather Station: 3.0 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 5.0 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 Stone Living Lab Rainsford Island Weather Station: 3.0 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 5.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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