Happisburgh wave buoy daily means for Jan 2024

Daily means from the Happisburgh wave buoy for Jan 2024, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2024

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,488 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.2–5.5 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.5 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5–10.6 seconds). Mean water temperature was 5.7°C (10th–90th percentile 4.6–7.4°C). 9 of 5,914 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 10 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 2.5 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 7.2 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.9ft

Mean: 3.2 ft

P10–P90: 1.2 — 5.5 ft

Recorded extremes

0.6 — 9.3 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.5secs

P10–P90: 5 — 10.6secs

Recorded extremes

1.8 — 18.2secs

Available for 743 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 84%

Mean Water Temperature

5.7°C

P10–P90: 4.6 — 7.4°C

Recorded extremes

4.1 — 7.5°C

Compared With Previous Januarys

Historical baseline from 14,761 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height: 3.2ft; 0.7ft above mean; Historical mean 2.461ft
Wave Period: 7.5s; 0.3s above mean; Historical mean 7.2s
Water Temperature: 5.7°C; In line with the historical mean; Historical mean 5.7°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 Jan 2024Last observation shown Jan 2024
Metric	Jan 1	Jan 2	Jan 3	Jan 4	Jan 5	Jan 6	Jan 7	Jan 8	Jan 9	Jan 10	Jan 11	Jan 12	Jan 13	Jan 14	Jan 15	Jan 16	Jan 17	Jan 18	Jan 19	Jan 20	Jan 21	Jan 22	Jan 23	Jan 24	Jan 25	Jan 26	Jan 27	Jan 28	Jan 29	Jan 30	Jan 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	2	2	4	4	5	4	5	6	7	5	4	4	3	4	QC rejected	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	1	1	2	1
Mean peak period (s)	6	9	11	11	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	8	9	11	10	6	9	9	7	7	6	7	9	6	6	5	8	5	6
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
Mean peak wave direction	NNEconcentration 75%	NEconcentration 89%	NNEconcentration 98%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 97%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 94%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 97%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 98%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 97%	Nconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 78%	Econcentration 97%	NNEconcentration 70%	NNEconcentration 78%	Nconcentration 92%	NNEconcentration 98%	Nconcentration 80%	NEconcentration 84%	Econcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 88%	NEconcentration 71%	NNEconcentration 87%
Mean directional spread (°)	33.7	26.2	23.7	22.4	22.5	21.3	22.4	22.3	20.2	21.7	29.0	23.6	23.4	22.3	20.5	28.0	28.1	21.7	23.2	32.5	24.3	32.0	31.5	24.5	29.5	23.8	32.6	24.2	36.6	23.6	31.2
Mean water temperature(°C)	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.2	6.9	6.5	6.1	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.4	5.1	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.6	5.0	4.9	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2

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