Wrightsville Beach, NC wind

Wrightsville Beach, NC is a land weather station near Masonboro. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 15 kn from E (80°), gusting 18 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 20°C. 1023 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 11 kn, 79 readings, gust 22 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly NE (54°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 15 kn from E (80°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 14 kn from E (80°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 14 kn from E (80°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 12 kn from E (80°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (70°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 9 kn from NE (50°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 11 kn from ENE (60°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 12 kn from ENE (60°), gust 13 kn

Position 34.213, -77.786; exposure coastal. Wrightsville Beach, 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 Wrightsville Beach, NC: 2.3 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 2.5 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 Wrightsville Beach, NC: 2.3 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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Stations near Wrightsville Beach, NC

Masonboro Island, NC (MSNB_N), 3.1 nm away
Wrightsville Beach Nearshore, NC (ILM2), 5.6 nm away
UNCW Shellfish Research Hatchery, NC, 5.8 nm away
Wilmington Intl, 6.5 nm away
Masonboro Island, NC (MSNB_S), 8.4 nm away
W4KUS-10 weather, 4.0 nm away