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West Superior wind
West Superior is a land weather station in the Lake Superior sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 16 kn from NE (40°), gusting 17 kn, 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:50 America/Detroit). Air 10°C. 1007 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 9 kn, 67 readings, gust 17 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly ESE (110°).
Recent readings
- 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC: 16 kn from NE (40°), gust 17 kn
- 2026-11-03 22:40 UTC: 16 kn from NNE (30°), gust 17 kn
- 2026-11-03 21:40 UTC: 14 kn from NE (40°), gust 16 kn
- 2026-11-03 20:40 UTC: 10 kn from NE (50°), gust 10 kn
- 2026-11-03 19:40 UTC: 10 kn from NE (40°), gust 12 kn
- 2026-11-03 18:40 UTC: 2 kn from NNW (330°), gust 4 kn
- 2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 4 kn from SE (140°), gust 4 kn
- 2026-11-03 16:40 UTC: 2 kn from S (180°), gust 2 kn
Position 47.335, -89.793; exposure coastal. West Superior 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 West Superior: 2.5 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 3.0 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.
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 West Superior: 2.7 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).