SOUTHAMPTON

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID: 263
Latitude: 50.9
Longitude: -1.383333
Coastline code: 170
Station code: 141
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Time span of data: 1924 – 1966
Completeness (%): 38
Date of last update: 01 Jan 1980

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Station Documentation

Documentation added 1994-09-20

Southampton: Cary Porter/stilling well installed June 1905 (Royal
Pier) and moved 1914/15 to Town Quay

Documentation added 2001-01-02

Recent work on vertical land movements in the UK can be found from
the University of Nottingham web site:
http://ukcogr.iessg.nottingham.ac.uk/~eosi/

Documentation added 2006-05-08

The datum for Southampton was revised from 7.48feet below Ordnance Datun Newlyn
to 9.00feet below Ordnance Datum Newlyn on 1.1.1965
Although the change of datum is documented the reason for the adjustment is not.
Southampton is an historic station last data 1966

Data Authority

British Oceanographic Data Centre
National Oceanography Centre
Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
L3 5DA