USCG Station Hatteras, NC wind

USCG Station Hatteras, NC is a land weather station in the Pamlico Sound and the Outer Banks sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from NE (50°), gusting 7 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 19°C. 1025 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 78 readings, gust 16 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly NE (53°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 5 kn from NE (50°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 3 kn from ENE (60°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 4 kn from E (90°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 6 kn from ENE (60°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 7 kn from ENE (60°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 12 kn from ENE (70°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 8 kn from NE (50°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 10 kn from NNE (30°), gust 11 kn

Position 35.209, -75.704; exposure coastal. USCG Station Hatteras, NC 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 USCG Station Hatteras, NC: 3.4 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 4.1 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 USCG Station Hatteras, NC: 3.0 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 4.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near USCG Station Hatteras, NC

Hatteras/Mitchell Fld, 4.2 nm away
DW6557 weather, 8.9 nm away
Diamond Shoals, NC, 19.3 nm away
Engelhard/Hyde Cnty, 24.4 nm away