Vaca Key, FL wind

Vaca Key, FL is a land weather station near Marathon in the Florida Keys sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from E (100°), gusting 8 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York). Air 28°C. 1014 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 79 readings, gust 14 kn, peak mean 9 kn, mostly E (99°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 2 kn from E (100°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 4 kn from E (90°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 4 kn from E (100°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 7 kn from ESE (120°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 5 kn from ESE (120°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 5 kn from ESE (110°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 6 kn from E (100°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 5 kn from ESE (110°), gust 13 kn

Position 24.711, -81.107; exposure coastal. Vaca Key, 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 Vaca Key, FL: 2.8 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 4.7 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 Vaca Key, FL: 3.4 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 5.1 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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