Yorktown USCG Training Center, VA wind

Yorktown USCG Training Center, VA is a land weather station near Gloucester Point in the Chesapeake Bay and Annapolis sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from SE (140°), gusting 5 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 17°C. 1025 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 79 readings, gust 11 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly E (79°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 4 kn from SE (140°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 5 kn from SE (140°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 6 kn from ESE (110°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 9 kn from ESE (110°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 9 kn from E (80°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (60°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 10 kn from NE (50°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 8 kn from NE (50°), gust 9 kn

Position 37.227, -76.479; exposure coastal. Yorktown USCG Training Center, VA 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 Yorktown USCG Training Center, VA: 2.1 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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 Yorktown USCG Training Center, VA: 2.2 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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