Wake Island wind

Wake Island is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 7 kn from E (80°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 10:30 Etc/GMT-11). Air 25°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 19 kn, 77 readings, gust 46 kn, peak mean 31 kn, mostly ENE (69°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 7 kn from E (80°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 23 kn from SE (130°), gust 28 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 21 kn from E (80°), gust 25 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 18 kn from E (80°), gust 22 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 19 kn from E (80°), gust 24 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 25 kn from ENE (70°), gust 33 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 23 kn from ENE (70°), gust 30 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 21 kn from NE (50°), gust 29 kn

Position 19.291, 166.618; exposure coastal. Wake Island 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 Wake Island: 3.8 kn on average across 49 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 Wake Island: 3.6 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Wake Island

Wake Island Arpt, 0.4 nm away