ALESUND

Station Information

Station ID: 509
Latitude: 62.469414
Longitude: 6.151946
Coastline code: 40
Station code: 191
Country: NORWAY
Time span of data: 1945 – 2023
Completeness (%): 92
Date of last update: 18 Jan 2024

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.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: ales

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Alesund 040/191 RLR(1964) is 10.9m below BM No129

Documentation added 1995-03-30

Tide gauge network modernised, new equipment installed in 1986

Documentation added 2009-01-28

Following the input of revised data values station made Metric awaiting datum information.

Documentation added 2009-04-06

2007/8 mean sea level values entered as METRIC only awaiting confirmation of a datum query.

Documentation added 2009-10-29

A search was made on the Norwegian website to see if the datum issue could be resolved. From looking at the datasets it became obvious that they had been totally revised. Datum figures were found on the web and applied to the data. RLR was recalculated for 2008. There is still a query on the very early data which still needs confirming with the authority.

Documentation added 2010-07-15

TGBM is now B27 N5 7.050m above TGZ.RLR (2008) was calculated to be 5.650m This value should be added to the data to refer to RLR (2008). RLR (2008) is 12.7m below TGBM B27 N5.

Documentation added 2012-09-05

For information of sea level rise along the Norwegian coast see paper "Contributions to sea level variability along the Norwegian coast for 1960-2010" by K. Richter, J.E.O. Nilsen and H Drange.

Documentation added 2018-01-25

Monthly mean values for 1986 for March, April and June have been edited using revised Norwegian data values.

Data Authority

Norwegian Mapping Authority
Hydrographic Service
Po. Box 60
4001 Stavanger