Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Feb 2019

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Feb 2019, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 23:00

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

Monthly means for 2019

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,343 wave-buoy observations covered all 28 days. Typical wave height was 1.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 0.6–3.5 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.7 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.9–12.8 seconds). Mean water temperature was 5.1°C (10th–90th percentile 4–6.2°C). 13 of 5,343 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 5 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 2.7 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 6.7 seconds.

Generated only from the observations and comparisons shown on this page.

Typical Significant Wave Height

1.1ft

Mean: 1.6 ft

P10–P90: 0.6 — 3.5 ft

Recorded extremes

0.3 — 6.2 ft

Available for 671 of 672 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.7secs

P10–P90: 3.9 — 12.8secs

Recorded extremes

1.8 — 18.2secs

Available for 668 of 672 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 82%

Mean Water Temperature

5.1°C

P10–P90: 4 — 6.2°C

Recorded extremes

3.9 — 6.9°C

Available for 671 of 672 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Februarys

Historical baseline from 6,672 observations across 5 years.

Wave Height: 1.6ft; 1.1ft below mean; Historical mean 2.723ft
Wave Period: 7.7s; 1s above mean; Historical mean 6.7s
Water Temperature: 5.1°C; 0.1°C above mean; Historical mean 5°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 2019Last observation shown Feb 2019
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)	5	5	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mean peak period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	10	12	10	10	4	4	10	4	8	12	9	6	6	10	13	11	10
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	6	6	5
Mean peak wave direction	ENEconcentration 96%	NEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 96%	Econcentration 95%	NNEconcentration 82%	Econcentration 98%	NEconcentration 69%	ENEconcentration 86%	Nconcentration 66%	NNEconcentration 83%	Nconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 90%	NEconcentration 78%	Econcentration 92%	Econcentration 96%	NNEconcentration 93%	NNEconcentration 81%	NEconcentration 88%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 87%	ENEconcentration 93%	NEconcentration 94%	NNEconcentration 93%	NNEconcentration 94%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 91%
Mean directional spread (°)	19.5	22.3	27.3	29.0	31.3	33.6	33.3	30.0	36.1	32.0	21.7	24.0	34.8	36.8	37.9	36.0	27.3	41.7	40.0	36.3	32.3	39.2	34.1	39.7	48.4	37.3	30.3	30.3
Mean water temperature(°C)	4.3	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.3

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