Trident Pier, FL wind

Trident Pier, FL is a land weather station near Cape Canaveral. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from E (100°), gusting 8 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 25°C. 1017 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 78 readings, gust 20 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly ESE (103°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 6 kn from E (100°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 6 kn from E (90°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 8 kn from E (90°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 8 kn from E (90°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 7 kn from E (90°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 7 kn from E (80°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 9 kn from E (90°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 7 kn from E (90°), gust 11 kn

Position 28.416, -80.593; exposure coastal. Trident Pier, 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Trident Pier, FL: 3.7 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 4.3 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 Trident Pier, FL: 3.0 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 4.0 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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