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Weymouth site history

History summary

Station name Weymouth
Country UK
Latitude of measuring point 50° 36' 30.6" N
Longitude of measuring point 02° 26' 52.6" W
OS grid ref. of measuring point SY 6840 7885
Datum reference All data refer to Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD)
ACD = ODN -0.93m
Time reference GMT (hours 00-23)
Contributor Environment Agency Anglian Regional Office,
Kingfisher House,
Goldhay Way, Orton Goldhay,
Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire, PE2 5ZR
Instrument type 1991 - DATARING system installed, with two pneumatic bubbler systems.
29/09/2011 - SWANTEL datalogger installed
Site of measuring point The measuring points are located on the pier wall directly in front of the Tide Gauge building
Position of tide gauge building SY 6840 7885 - GRP building located on Commercial Pier adjacent to the ferry terminal
Observational period 1991-2026

Benchmark descriptions

Benchmark OS grid ref. Description Height above ODN (m)
TGBM SY 6826 7882 Bolt corner of quay wall NW side N angle 3.314
Aux1 SY 6822 7886 Bolt sea wall 5.5M W steps 3.443
Aux2 SY 6813 7888 Right base NW pillar NE entrance Alexandra garden 3.704
Aux3 SY 6810 7893 Bolt sea wall 10.1M NW shelter 3.477
Aux4 SY 6806 7908 Bolt N base STS aquarium E side of esplanade 3.845
Ref BM SY 6837 7884 Bolt concrete SW corner of building adjacent to T.G. Building 3.245

ODN = Ordnance Datum Newlyn

Parameters

Please Note: All parameters listed below are sea level measured in metres. Different parameter codes represent different gauges. For an explanation of the codes, please see the BODC parameter dictionary.

Period Parameters Completeness index (%) Sample interval
1991 ASLVBG02 92 60 minutes
1992 ASLVBG02 100 60 minutes
1993 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
1994 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1995 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1996 ASLVBG02 96 15 minutes
1997 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1998 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1999 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2000 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2001 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2002 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2003 ASLVBG02 98 15 minutes
2004 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2005 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2006 ASLVBG02 90 15 minutes
2007 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2008 ASLVBG02 97 15 minutes
2009 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2010 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2011 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2012 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2013 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2014 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2015 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2016 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2017 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2018 ASLVBG02 92 15 minutes
2019 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2020 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2021 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2022 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2023 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2024 ASLVBG02 January - December 15 minutes
2025 ASLVBG02
ASLVBG01
January - August
September - December
15 minutes
2026 ASLVBG01 January - May 15 minutes

Quality assessment

All data have been compared with the current Harmonic Constants library, and residuals checked. Records have been visually inspected for spikes, datum shifts and timing errors.
Where there are problems with the primary channel, data may be available from the backup channel. Please contact enquiries@bodc.ac.uk for more information.
1993 - The processing of the 1993 file has left a null value at the start of the file (00:00 hours 01/01/1993). This is due to the sampling interval changing from 60 to 15 minutes and the first data point being too far from 00:00 to interpolate.
February 2003 - File output has been altered so that all values fall on the quarter hour and gaps are filled in with null values, marked with an 'N' flag.
March 2003 - Residuals (observed minus predicted sea level values, measured in metres) now included in the file output.
On 29/09/2011 a new data logger was installed. Tests were carried out to ensure the logger was functioning correctly, resulting in some data being lost.
November 2012 - The file output has been altered to reflect the Contributor name change from Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory to National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool. Also, the Parameter code has been improved and now uses a controlled vocabulary.
20 March 2025 - Possible datum shift applied to ASLVBG02.

Missing and suspect data have been reported on the following day numbers:-

Period Parameter Missing data Suspect data
1991 ASLVBG02 001-030 None
1992 ASLVBG02 None The original processing has left this file with some interpolated points.
260
1993 ASLVBG02 222 081-082
1994 ASLVBG02 None 318-319
1995 ASLVBG02 None 346-349
1996 ASLVBG02 102-103,156-170 030-034,043-048
1997 ASLVBG02 None None
1998 ASLVBG02 None None
1999 ASLVBG02 None 323-324,347-350,357-365
2000 ASLVBG02 130 001-028,039,040,041,042-069, 071-102,105-113,122-130,137, 138,139,140
2001 ASLVBG02 087 278-282
2002 ASLVBG02 295 None
2003 ASLVBG02 149-156 None
2004 ASLVBG02 None None
2005 ASLVBG02 152 326
2006 ASLVBG02 032-038,060,067-074,075-081,083-087,225-228,235-242,327 207-221
2007 ASLVBG02 192,214,339 049-051,118-119,152-156,160-164,249-251,275,297-339,339-365
2008 ASLVBG02 002-011,268 001-002,021-023,184-185,206-207,209-210,212-213,258,296-300,307,314-315,328-331,334,350-352,365-366
2009 ASLVBG02 189-190,266,287 001-008,023-031,034-036,040-041,140-155,182,193-203,246-273,275-279,281-285,305-330,348-354
2010 ASLVBG02 006,096,178-179 001-006,178-180,360
2011 ASLVBG02 272 272-273,331,362
2012 ASLVBG02 031,076 015,026,073,076,166,226,291-305,307-309,349-350
2013 ASLVBG02 None 022-025,028,030-031,033,125-223,257
2014 ASLVBG02 144 012-015
2015 ASLVBG02 None 057,220-235,240-241,259-264,287-365
2016 ASLVBG02 None 001-213,232-243,255-263,265-366
2017 ASLVBG02 None 001-094,175-189
2018 ASLVBG02 262-289 219,234,245-247,290-365
2019 ASLVBG02 None 001-365
2020 ASLVBG02 146 001-146,146-287,294
2021 ASLVBG02 None 075-076,085-096,111-112,124,136-156,171-174,182-183,251-365
2022 ASLVBG02 None 001-027,029-039,041,043-365
2023 ASLVBG02 023,295 001-023,023-295,295-365
2024 ASLVBG02 025,315 001-025,025-315,315-366
2025 ASLVBG02 (001-243)
ASLVBG01 (244-)
008,016,018,055-056
264
001-008,008-016,016-018,018-055,056-243
258,263,264-268,272,277-344,351-352,358-359,361-362,364-365
2026 ASLVBG01 068,080,090,096-097,100,108,121,133,147 001-009,011,015,020-024,026-030,033-038,040,043-044,049,058,061-066,071,077-083,088-090,091-094,097,101,104-114,116-122,124,126,130,136-138,141-142,144-151