Key West (Florida, USA) Site History
History Summary
| Station Name | Key West, FL |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 24° 33.2' N |
| Longitude | 081° 48.5' W |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| GLOSS No. | 216 |
| Time Reference | GMT (00-23 hours) |
| Contributor | (1926-2000) NOAA/NOS, USA |
| Instrument type | (1926-1995) Analog-to-Digital Recorder
(1995-2000) Aquatrak acoustic gauge, NOAA Next Generation Water Level Measuring System (NGWLMS) |
| Site of Gauge | The tide gauge is located at the concrete sea wall near the north property line of the Naval Base. |
| Observational Period | 1913 - 2000 |
| Reference Level | All data are referred to Tide Gauge Zero and are linked into historic fixed benchmarks. |
Tide Gauge Benchmark (TGBM) description
BM control - US C and GS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '29 1923 8.140' set in a concrete wall of the Naval Officers' Q and T Buildings at the corner of Eaton and Emma Streets, Key West, FL.
Auxiliary Benchmarks
| NO 1 | 1974 | |
| NO 2 | 1974 | |
| 124 | 1923 | 6.529 |
| 125 | 1923 | 5.292 |
| 126 | 1923 | 9.482 |
| 127 | 1923 | 8.274 |
| 30 | 1923 | 16.417 |
| 32 | 1929 | 7.083 |
| '14.324' | ||
| 4580 | A | 1978 |
| 4580 | AA | 1978 |
Benchmark Relationships
TGBM = 8.73 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch)
TGBM = 7.81 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch)
TGBM = 7.18 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch)
Quality Assessment
Comments
The daily or monthly means do not reveal any obvious reference level shifts.
The data for 1997-2000 were supplied with heights relative to MLLW. Consequently 1320mm was added to refer the data to tide gauge zero.
The data for 1998-2000 were supplied in non-GMT format and had to be shifted into GMT.
| Year | Completeness
Index (%) |
Questionable Fluctuations (In day Nos.)
and Missing Data (Gaps > 6 hours) |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 100 | 251 |
| 1927 | 100 | None |
| 1928 | 100 | 285 |
| 1929 | 100 | None |
| 1930 | 100 | 90,148,357,360 |
| 1931 | 100 | None |
| 1932 | 100 | 23-26 |
| 1933 | 100 | 190,252 |
| 1934 | 100 | 91 |
| 1935 | 100 | None |
| 1936 | 100 | None |
| 1937 | 100 | None |
| 1938 | 100 | None |
| 1939 | 98 | None
Gap from 1939/07/23 at 05.00 to 1939/07/30 at 04.00 |
| 1940 | 100 | 170 |
| 1941 | 100 | None |
| 1942 | 100 | None |
| 1943 | 100 | 246,247 |
| 1944 | 99 | None
Gap from 1944/07/14 at 05.00 to 1944/07/15 at 04.00 |
| 1945 | 59 | None |
| 1946 | 84 | None |
| 1947 | 100 | None |
| 1948 | 100 | 327 |
| 1949 | 100 | None |
| 1950 | 96 | Gap from 1950/09/25 at 05.00 to 1950/09/26 at 04.00
Gap from 1950/12/01 at 05.00 to 1950/12/14 at 13.00 |
| 1951 | 100 | None |
| 1952 | 98 | None |
| 1953 | 35 | 304-306 |
| 1954 | 100 | None |
| 1969 | 54 | None
Gap from 1969/06/19 at 05.00 to 1969/08/01 at 04.00 Gap from 1969/12/05 at 05.00 to 1969/12/16 at 04.00 |
| 1970 | 100 | None |
| 1971 | 95 | None
Gap from 1971/10/12 at 05.00 to 1971/10/27 at 04.00 Gap from 1971/10/29 at 05.00 to 1971/10/31 at 04.00 |
| 1972 | 99 | None
Gap from 1972/03/16 at 05.00 to 1972/03/18 at 04.00 |
| 1973 | 100 | None |
| 1974 | 100 | None |
| 1975 | 91 | 130-134
Gap from 1975/06/01 at 05.00 to 1975/06/19 at 04.00 Gap from 1975/07/01 at 05.00 to 1975/07/13 at 04.00 |
| 1976 | 100 | None |
| 1977 | 91 | None
Gap from 1977/03/01 at 05.00 to 1977/03/06 at 04.00 Gap from 1977/07/01 at 05.00 to 1977/07/10 at 04.00 Gap from 1977/09/01 at 05.00 to 1977/09/06 at 04.00 Gap from 1977/09/18 at 05.00 to 1977/09/21 at 04.00 Gap from 1977/12/10 at 05.00 to 1977/12/12 at 04.00 Gap from 1977/12/15 at 05.00 to 1977/12/19 at 04.00 |
| 1978 | 83 | None
Gap from 1978/06/01 at 05.00 to 1978/07/01 at 04.00 Gap from 1978/11/09 at 05.00 to 1978/11/26 at 04.00 Gap from 1978/12/09 at 05.00 to 1978/12/23 at 04.00 |
| 1979 | 93 | 202-209 |
| 1980 | 93 | None
Gap from 1980/09/02 at 01.00 to 1980/09/16 at 01.00 Gap from 1980/10/01 at 23.00 to 1980/10/11 at 01.00 |
| 1981 | 100 | None |
| 1982 | 100 | None |
| 1983 | 92 | None
Gap from 1983/10/02 at 19.00 to 1983/11/01 at 04.00 |
| 1984 | 100 | 36-39 |
| 1985 | 93 | None
Gap from 1985/08/17 at 17.00 to 1985/09/11 at 14.00 |
| 1986 | 100 | None |
| 1987 | 100 | 285 |
| 1988 | 100 | None |
| 1989 | 100 | None |
| 1990 | 100 | None |
| 1991 | 100 | None |
| 1992 | 93 | None
Gap from 1992/07/05 at 14.00 to 1992/08/01 at 20.00 |
| 1993 | 100 | None |
| 1994 | 100 | None |
| 1995 | 100 | None |
| 1997 | 100 | None |
| 1998 | 100 | 268 |
| 1999 | 100 | 288 |
| 2000 | 100 | 211-212 |
