Daily means from the K5 wave buoy for Jun 2020, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
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719 wave-buoy observations covered all 30 days. Typical wave height was 5.9 ft (10th–90th percentile 3.9–12.9 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 6.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5–8 seconds). Typical wind was 15 mph (10th–90th percentile 6.9–25.3 mph) and mean water temperature was 11.2°C (10th–90th percentile 10.5–11.9°C). 2 of 3,595 checked values (0.1%) were excluded by quality control. Across 10 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 7 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 6.1 seconds.
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Typical Wave Height
5.9ft
Mean: 7.3ft
P10–P90: 3.9 — 12.9ft
Recorded extremes
2.6 — 22.3ft
Available for 717 of 719 hourly samples
Mean Wave Period
6.2secs
P10–P90: 5 — 8secs
Recorded extremes
4 — 9secs
Mean Water Temperature
11.2°C
P10–P90: 10.5 — 11.9°C
Recorded extremes
10.2 — 12.3°C
Typical Wind
NNE, 15mph
Mean: 16.2mph
P10–P90: 6.9 — 25.3mph
Recorded extremes
0 — 43.8mph
Circular concentration: 36%
Compared With Previous Junes
Historical baseline from 7,113 observations across 10 years.
Wave Height
7.3ft
0.3ft above mean
Historical mean 7ft
Wave Period
6.2s
0.1s above mean
Historical mean 6.1s
Water Temperature
11.2°C
0.4°C below mean
Historical mean 11.6°C
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Sorry, there is no wave data for Mon, Jun 1, 2020
About K5 wave buoy
K5 (WMO 64045) is a UK Met Office buoy in the far North Atlantic west of Scotland. It provides observations from a sparsely monitored ocean area upstream of the Hebrides and northern UK waters. The international feed includes marine weather and sea-temperature observations, with wave and wind parameters present only when the relevant sensors are reporting.
Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
K5 wave buoy daily means Jun 2020Last observation shown
Metric
Mean wave height (ft)
5
4
5
6
13
19
10
6
8
8
7
5
5
5
4
6
6
4
5
6
13
13
12
12
7
5
4
5
7
8
Mean observed period(s)
7Reported
6Reported
5Reported
6Reported
7Reported
9Reported
7Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
5Reported
6Reported
7Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
5Reported
7Reported
8Reported
7Reported
7Reported
7Reported
6Reported
5Reported
5Reported
6Reported
7Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mean wind direction
NNEconcentration 83%
NEconcentration 90%
NWconcentration 84%
Nconcentration 96%
Nconcentration 99%
Nconcentration 100%
Nconcentration 81%
Sconcentration 99%
SWconcentration 78%
Nconcentration 88%
NEconcentration 98%
ENEconcentration 98%
NNEconcentration 96%
Nconcentration 99%
NNWconcentration 84%
NWconcentration 65%
Nconcentration 98%
NEconcentration 92%
Econcentration 80%
SEconcentration 91%
SSEconcentration 82%
Sconcentration 94%
Sconcentration 94%
SSWconcentration 95%
SSEconcentration 80%
Nconcentration 93%
NEconcentration 69%
NNEconcentration 97%
Nconcentration 98%
NNEconcentration 93%
Mean wind speed (mph)
7
11
16
16
30
31
13
15
15
17
15
15
14
16
10
11
13
7
16
20
22
19
24
24
11
13
12
16
18
16
Mean water temperature(°C)
11.3
11.2
11.2
11.2
10.8
10.4
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.7
10.7
10.8
11.0
11.1
11.1
11.3
11.6
11.7
11.6
11.4
11.5
11.6
11.6
11.8
11.8
11.9
12.0
11.9
11.9
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