Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

17 Jun 2019

SAIGO

Station Information

Station ID: 1095
Latitude: 36.201389
Longitude: 133.331111
Coastline code: 647
Station code: 43
Country: JAPAN
Time span of data: 1965 – 2018
Completeness (%): 100
Date of last update: 12 Feb 2019

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.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at SAIGO.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at SAIGO.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level data.

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution.
NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: saig

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Saigo 647/043 RLR(1976) is 8.5m below Attached BM 2063

Documentation added 2003-11-20

Datum 1999 is 1.066m below Tokyo Peil.

Documentation added 2012-02-21

A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 with the epicentre approx. 70 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful earthquake known to hit Japan and triggered a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m and travelling up to 10 km inland.

Data Authority

Marine Department
Japan Meteorological Agency
Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo