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Valentia Observatory wind

Valentia Observatory is a land weather station. Readings from Met Éireann (CC BY 4.0).

Latest observation

Valentia Observatory has not reported a wind speed recently, so there is no latest reading to show.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 982 readings, gust 15 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly ENE (75°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Valentia Observatory reported 7733 readings, mean 8 kn, strongest mean wind 23 kn, strongest gust 33 kn, mostly from ESE (119°).

What it reports

Valentia Observatory reports wind speed, air temperature and sea-level pressure, every 20 min.

Recent readings

Position 51.938, -10.241; exposure marine. Valentia Observatory is on open water.

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 Valentia Observatory: 3.3 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons.

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 Valentia Observatory: 3.2 kn on average across 53 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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