Station 42020 (LLNR 1405) - CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - 60NM SSE of Corpus Christi, TX

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center 3-meter foam buoy SCOOP payload 26.968 N 96.693 W (26°58'5" N 96°41'33" W) Site elevation: sea level Air temp height: 3.7 m above site elevation Anemometer height: 4.1 m above site elevation Barometer elevation: 2.7 m above mean sea level Sea temp depth: 1.5 m below water line Water depth: 84.1 m Watch circle radius: 151 yards Bryde's whales inhabit the northeastern Gulf of Mexico year-round along the continental shelf-break between 100m and 400m depth. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP. To learn more, go to: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/gulf-mexico-brydes-whale Latest NWS Marine Forecast 1 and Latest NWS Marine Forecast 2 Important Notice to Mariners Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Select Basemap Oceans Satellite Streets Topographic Large icon indicates selected station. Stations with recent data Stations with no data in last 8 hours      (24 hours for tsunami stations) Disclaimer

Links which are specific to this station are listed below:

• Data for last 24 hours: No data available.

• Data for last 5 days: No data available.

• Data for last 45 days: No data available.

• Historical data (data descriptions)
  • Standard meteorological data: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
  • Continuous winds data: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
  • Spectral wave density data: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010b 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
  • Spectral wave (alpha1) direction data: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010b 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
  • Spectral wave (alpha2) direction data: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010b 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
  • Spectral wave (r1) direction data: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010b 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
  • Spectral wave (r2) direction data: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010b 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
  • Ocean current data: 2010 2011 2012 2013
  • Supplemental measurements data: 2018 2019 2020
• Search historical meteorological data for observations that meet your threshold conditions
• Climatic summary table (TXT) and plots of (description of tables and plots)
  
  • wind speed
  • air temperature
  • sea temperature
  • air-sea temperature
  • dew point temperature
  • air-dew point temperature
  • sea level pressure
  • peak wind
  • wind gust
  • significant wave height
  • average wave period
  • dominant wave period

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The weekly status report and the weekly maintenance report also provide valuable station information.

Note that the payload types and the station locations occasionally change.
Please refer to the NDBC data inventory for the data history of each station.