Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Feb 2014

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Feb 2014, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Fri, Feb 28, 2014, 23:30

Data available: Wed, May 9, 2012 to Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Monthly means for 2014

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,249 wave-buoy observations covered 27 of 28 days (96%). Typical wave height was 1.6 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.9–3.1 ft), while mean peak wave period was 6.1 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.2–8.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 5.6°C (10th–90th percentile 5.3–6°C). 7 of 4,996 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 1 comparable year, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 3.2 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 6.6 seconds.

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Typical Significant Wave Height

1.6ft

Mean: 1.8 ft

P10–P90: 0.9 — 3.1 ft

Recorded extremes

0.5 — 5.9 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

6.1secs

P10–P90: 4.2 — 8.3secs

Recorded extremes

1.7 — 12.5secs

Observed Wave Direction

ENE

Circular concentration: 78%

Mean Water Temperature

5.6°C

P10–P90: 5.3 — 6°C

Recorded extremes

4.9 — 7°C

Compared With Previous Februarys

Historical baseline from 1,344 observations across 1 year.

Wave Height: 1.8ft; 1.4ft below mean; Historical mean 3.182ft
Wave Period: 6.1s; 0.5s below mean; Historical mean 6.6s
Water Temperature: 5.6°C; 1.7°C above mean; Historical mean 3.9°C

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About Happisburgh wave buoy

Happisburgh is a Channel Coastal Observatory wave station off the northeast Norfolk coast. It supplies a nearshore North Sea record for one of England's most rapidly changing soft-cliff frontages, where communities, beaches and coastal defences are exposed to frequent erosion.

Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread and sea temperature.

Happisburgh wave buoy daily means Feb 2014Last observation shown Feb 2014
Metric	Feb 1	Feb 2	Feb 3	Feb 4	Feb 5	Feb 6	Feb 7	Feb 8	Feb 9	Feb 10	Feb 11	Feb 12	Feb 13	Feb 14	Feb 15	Feb 16	Feb 17	Feb 18	Feb 19	Feb 20	Feb 21	Feb 22	Feb 23	Feb 24	Feb 25	Feb 26	Feb 27	Feb 28
Mean significant wave height (ft)	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	4	3	-	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1
Mean peak period (s)	7	7	5	6	8	6	6	7	7	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	-	9	7	6	5	6	5	6	5	6	4
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	-	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Mean peak wave direction	Econcentration 96%	ENEconcentration 97%	Econcentration 98%	Econcentration 97%	Econcentration 99%	Econcentration 91%	Nconcentration 70%	Econcentration 95%	ENEconcentration 88%	ENEconcentration 87%	ENEconcentration 80%	ENEconcentration 80%	NEconcentration 80%	ENEconcentration 75%	ENEconcentration 84%	NNWconcentration 83%	Nconcentration 40%	-	NNEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 89%	NNEconcentration 81%	NEconcentration 79%	Econcentration 98%	Econcentration 96%	Econcentration 98%	Econcentration 89%	Econcentration 93%	ENEconcentration 94%
Mean directional spread (°)	24.9	31.3	25.0	22.2	22.8	30.2	21.9	25.3	34.1	35.0	34.5	35.2	41.2	30.1	36.8	40.5	33.6	-	26.2	28.6	40.9	41.2	24.9	24.4	23.6	37.7	27.1	35.7
Mean water temperature(°C)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.6	6.7	6.6	-	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.8	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9

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