Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

20 May 2019

LEITH II

Station Information

Station ID: 1526
Latitude: 55.989833
Longitude: -3.181694
Coastline code: 170
Station code: 32
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Time span of RLR data: 1989 – 2017
RLR completeness (%): 91
Time span of metric data: 1981 – 2017
Metric completeness (%): 74
Date of last update: 06 Jun 2018

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 LEITH II.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at LEITH II.

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 GNSS Stations from SONEL: EDIN
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: leit

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Leith II 170/032 RLR(1991) is 11.7m below TGBM

Documentation added 1994-07-21

See Leith (170/031) for details of gauges employed at Leith.

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 2006-11-15

Historic tide gauge information: Dataring installed in November 1988.
February 2002 new data logger fitted. This logger gave incorrect
density and gravity readings.
Tide gauge building was burned down in 2004.

Documentation added 2009-01-28

Treat as suspect 2006 data onwards.

Documentation added 2014-07-03

Two site visite were carried out during 2013. 26.02.2013 for general maintenance and again in 02.05.2013 again for general maintenance and change the compressor.

Documentation added 2015-06-02

TGI were at site on 10.10.14 for general maintenance and to change the compressor.

Data Authority

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