Data and Station Information for NAIN

Station Information

Station ID:	1029
Latitude:	56.55
Longitude:	-61.7
GLOSS ID:	224
Coastline code:	970
Station code:	134
Country:	CANADA
Time span of RLR data:	2001 – 2024
RLR completeness (%):	77
Time span of metric data:	1963 – 2024
Metric completeness (%):	48
Link to ellipsoid:	Available
Date of last update:	19 Jun 2025

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 NAIN.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at NAIN.

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: NAIN
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: nain
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 833: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 833: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1993-11-02

A discussion of Nain data 1964-72 including possible datum shift February 1967 is in Thompson et al., JGR 91(C12),14261-14268, 1986

Documentation added 1994-03-23

Data up to 1988 revised, March 1994

Documentation added 1994-07-15

Nain 970/134 RLR(1972) is 14.2m below BM YARD

Documentation added 1997-09-24

1963-88 gauge type=float/stilling well 1989-94 gauge= other pressure type

Documentation added 2010-08-19

There is a gap in the dataset from 1988-2002. However, the RLR factor remains unchanged.

Documentation added 2015-07-27

This year, rather than just sending the latest year of data, the complete dataset has been supplied. This has highlighted some differences in the data. From communications in the correspondence file for 2002 it appears that the Oceans and Fisheries meant to supply revised data for the stations supplied. This did not happen. The complete dataset includes these data revisions. Therefore, the whole dataset has now been re-entered.

Documentation added 2015-07-30

Historic data was included in the above complete dataset. The datum for the period 1963-1988 is currently being queried. Until the Fisheries and Oceans Canada confirm the datum this data has been made Metric. Previously this station was flagged on review this station flag has now been removed.

Documentation added 2017-06-29

Data for 2012-2015 updated for Canadian Atlantic network. The supplier provided a finalised version following a review by the regional office.

Data Authority

Canadian Hydrographic Service
615 Booth Street
Ottawa
Ontario K1A 0E6

Data

Data Notes

Extracted from Database

NAIN