GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 108 |
Station name | Honolulu, Hawaiian Is. |
Country | U.S.A. |
Time zone | 150W, GMT - 10hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 21.3 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -157.86666 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1905- |
Responsible country | U.S.A. |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | NOAA, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281, USA |
GLOSS contact | USA |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | ![]() ![]() |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | Yes |
Acoustic | Yes |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Air & sea surface temperature, density, barometric pressure |
Data acquisition rate | Digital gauge: 6 minute interval Analog gauge: hourly heights tabulated |
Fast delivery data at UHSLC | ![]() ![]() |
High frequency data at BODC | ![]() ![]() |
High frequency data at UHSLC | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Data held at national organisation | Yes |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | ![]() |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Air & sea surface temperature, density, barometric pressure |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark 8(1913) is the primary benchmark (PBM) stamped 'BM ELV 8.06FT' set in a concrete bulkhead on the south west side of Ala Moana Boulevard across from Hawaiian Electric Company Power Plant. |
Benchmark relationships | TGBM is 12.25ft above Tide Gauge Zero (Station Datum) NOAA Chart Datum (MLLW) is 3.69ft above Station Datum Mean Sea Level (1960-1978) is 4.54ft above Station Datum |
Auxiliary benchmarks | 11 additional benchmarks are levelled to the TGBM and the Tide Station on a yearly basis (BM 2, BM 12, BM 13, BM 14, BM B, BM C, BM 10, BM 11, BM 20, BM 21, BM A) |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | ![]() |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | ![]() |
PSMSL code | 155 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 057 |
Additional information | |
Last updated | 1993-12-05 |