Hornsea wave buoy daily means for Jan 2009

Daily means from the Hornsea wave buoy for Jan 2009, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

Last observation shown Sat, Jan 31, 2009, 23:30

Data available: Sat, Jun 7, 2008 to Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Monthly means for 2009

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,487 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.5–5.2 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.6 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.7–12.5 seconds). Mean water temperature was 6.1°C (10th–90th percentile 5.6–6.5°C). 13 of 5,881 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.8ft

Mean: 3.2 ft

P10–P90: 1.5 — 5.2 ft

Recorded extremes

0.9 — 10 ft

Available for 743 of 744 hourly samples

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.6secs

P10–P90: 3.7 — 12.5secs

Recorded extremes

1.9 — 22.2secs

Available for 742 of 744 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

Circular concentration: 64%

Mean Water Temperature

6.1°C

P10–P90: 5.6 — 6.5°C

Recorded extremes

5.2 — 6.7°C

Available for 743 of 744 hourly samples

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About Hornsea wave buoy

Hornsea is a Channel Coastal Observatory wave station off the rapidly eroding Holderness coast of East Yorkshire. Its North Sea record provides local wave context for Hornsea's defended frontage and the adjacent soft-cliff coastline, where storms drive substantial shoreline change.

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

Hornsea wave buoy daily means Jan 2009Last observation shown Jan 2009
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	4	3	4	QC rejected	3	3	3	1	2	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	5	2	2	QC rejected	3	2	2	3	5	8
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	3	6	4	6	9	4	4	5	2	3	6	5	3	5	7	5	6	4	5	3	3	7	3	3	7	4	3	3	5	8	12
Mean peak period (s)	7	11	11	9	7	6	10	12	11	4	5	5	13	12	8	6	6	14	8	4	9	7	7	8	6	6	4	5	8	6	8
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	3	3	4	6	7	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	NNEconcentration 95%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 54%	NNEconcentration 99%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 91%	SEconcentration 88%	SSEconcentration 94%	SEconcentration 97%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	ESEconcentration 73%	ESEconcentration 100%	SEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 67%	ESEconcentration 77%	SSEconcentration 96%	ESEconcentration 58%	ESEconcentration 98%	ENEconcentration 59%	NEconcentration 92%	SEconcentration 98%	ESEconcentration 99%	ESEconcentration 92%	ESEconcentration 92%	ESEconcentration 80%	ESEconcentration 100%	Econcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)	22.8	15.0	14.7	13.6	21.2	23.8	17.2	14.0	21.4	18.4	19.2	19.4	21.9	16.4	15.6	15.1	16.1	29.2	21.0	15.8	22.5	15.7	23.0	27.6	15.4	19.1	19.2	18.9	20.8	17.3	17.3
Mean water temperature(°C)	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.5	5.7	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.5

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