Hornsea wave buoy daily means for Mar 2014

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

Last observation shown Mon, Mar 31, 2014, 23:30

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

Monthly means for 2014

Period Summary

Hog Says

1,486 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 2.4 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.2–4.4 ft), while mean average of more than one wave period type was 7.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 3.5–13.3 seconds). Mean water temperature was 6.7°C (10th–90th percentile 6.3–7°C). 16 of 5,813 checked values (0.3%) were excluded by quality control. Across 4 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 3.1 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 9.1 seconds.

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

Typical Significant Wave Height

2.4ft

Mean: 2.6 ft

P10–P90: 1.2 — 4.4 ft

Recorded extremes

0.6 — 9.4 ft

Mean Observed Wave Period

7.8secs

P10–P90: 3.5 — 13.3secs

Recorded extremes

1.8 — 22.2secs

Available for 740 of 743 hourly samples

Observed Wave Direction

ENE

Circular concentration: 61%

Mean Water Temperature

6.7°C

P10–P90: 6.3 — 7°C

Recorded extremes

6 — 7.4°C

Available for 742 of 743 hourly samples

Compared With Previous Marchs

Historical baseline from 5,880 observations across 4 years.

Wave Height: 2.6ft; 0.5ft below mean; Historical mean 3.117ft
Wave Period: 7.8s; 1.3s below mean; Historical mean 9.1s
Water Temperature: 6.7°C; 0.9°C above mean; Historical mean 5.8°C

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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 Mar 2014Last observation shown Mar 2014
Metric	Mar 1	Mar 2	Mar 3	Mar 4	Mar 5	Mar 6	Mar 7	Mar 8	Mar 9	Mar 10	Mar 11	Mar 12	Mar 13	Mar 14	Mar 15	Mar 16	Mar 17	Mar 18	Mar 19	Mar 20	Mar 21	Mar 22	Mar 23	Mar 24	Mar 25	Mar 26	Mar 27	Mar 28	Mar 29	Mar 30	Mar 31
Mean significant wave height (ft)	1	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	6	6	4	3	2
Mean maximum wave height (ft)	2	5	4	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	1	2	4	5	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	5	5	6	9	10	6	5	4
Mean peak period (s)	-	5	7	7	5	3	6	6	8	8	5	5	14	7	10	10	12	10	8	4	7	6	13	9	9	7	8	8	7	6	5
Mean zero-crossing period (s)	5	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Mean energy period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean wave power, kilowatts per metre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mean peak wave direction	NNEconcentration 83%	SEconcentration 95%	ESEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 94%	ENEconcentration 57%	SSEconcentration 95%	Variableconcentration 25%	ESEconcentration 80%	ESEconcentration 77%	NNEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 94%	Econcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 97%	NNWconcentration 53%	NNEconcentration 90%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 100%	NNEconcentration 86%	Nconcentration 46%	SSEconcentration 83%	Variableconcentration 14%	SEconcentration 49%	NNEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 73%	NEconcentration 78%	NEconcentration 99%	NEconcentration 99%	ENEconcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 100%	ENEconcentration 99%
Mean directional spread (°)	36.5	19.3	18.8	20.5	23.0	21.6	22.5	18.2	16.5	18.8	26.3	22.1	24.7	21.7	21.0	17.4	16.9	19.9	23.2	20.4	24.4	25.2	23.1	14.7	13.2	20.3	16.5	18.5	19.5	21.3	24.7
Mean water temperature(°C)	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.1	7.1

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