Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

20 May 2019

YAKUTAT

Station Information

Station ID: 445
Latitude: 59.548333
Longitude: -139.733333
Coastline code: 821
Station code: 26
Country: UNITED STATES
Time span of data: 1940 – 2018
Completeness (%): 96
Date of last update: 31 Jan 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 YAKUTAT.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at YAKUTAT.

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: yaku2, yaku
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 570: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 570: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Yakutat 821/026 RLR(1963) is 14.1m below BM1

Documentation added 1992-04-02

SOUTH ALASKAN COASTLINE EARTHQUAKE PRONE - E.G. MAGNITUDE 9.2 EARTHQUAKE OF 28 MARCH 1964 - SEE SAVAGE AND PLAFKER, JGR,96(B3), 4325-4335, 1991

Documentation added 2011-11-23

Using data from the NOAA website the RLR diagram has been revised. Previous Primary benchmark BM 1 does not appear in the NOAA reports. Current Primary benchmark is 3220 Z 1986 8.745m above gauge datum

Documentation added 2016-03-08

The sea level at Yakutat appears to have an accelerating downward trend. Particularly when buddy checked with both Ketchikan and Sitka.

Data Authority

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