Data and Station Information for TOWNSVILLE I

Station Information

Station ID:	637
Latitude:	-19.25
Longitude:	146.833333
GLOSS ID:	60
Coastline code:	680
Station code:	51
Country:	AUSTRALIA
Time span of RLR data:	1959 – 2025
RLR completeness (%):	98
Time span of metric data:	1951 – 2025
Metric completeness (%):	91
Date of last update:	20 Mar 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 TOWNSVILLE I.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at TOWNSVILLE I.

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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)

Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 334: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 334: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1995-05-02

Station density along some sections of the Australian coast has meant that station codes 601 onwards have been re-ordered compared to those in earlier versions of the PSMSL data set.

Documentation added 1996-05-17

Data up to 1959 supplied by Austarlian Ocean Data Centre N.S.W. Revised data for 1959-1985 supplied by the National Tidal Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia

Documentation added 1998-01-22

Gauge type currently float/stilling well Queensland Beach Protection Authority operates analogue and digital recorders on nearby Ro-Ro Wharf.

Documentation added 2002-05-31

Townsville I 680/051 RLR(2000) is 11.379 below BM NMV/B/309A From metadata downloaded from NTC the primary benchmark is now PSM 100011 9.025m above the datum. Tide gauge is a MACE recorder model 2000.

Data Authority

National Tidal Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
PO Box 421
Kent Town 5071
South Australia

Documentation added 2010-08-12

Formerly known as the National Tidal Facility

Data

Data Notes

Extracted from Database

TOWNSVILLE I