Table A-9 . Wave heighc and period statistics for CERC offshore Waverider 

 buoy gage 620. 



Year and Mean Std. dev. Mean Std. dev. Extreme Date Obsn. No. of 



month height height period period height occurred No. obsns.- 

 (m) (m) (s) (s) (m) 



1978 Aug. 



0.74 



0.16 



8.78 



2.18 



1.19 



21 



2 



12 



Sept. 



1.18 



0.47 



9.56 



1.86 



2.78 



13 



4 



51 



Oct. 



1.58 



0.74 



9.19 



2.17 



2.99 



17 



3 



22 



Nov. 



1.19 



0.25 



7.37 



1.46 



1.82 



13 



3 



22 



Annual 



1.06 



0.44 



8.95 



1.88 



2.99 







107 



1979 Jan. 



1.29 



0.53 



7.97 



2.86 



2.45 



19 



1 



31 



Feb. 



1.67 



0.51 



9.62 



2.52 



2.23 



17 



3 



8 



Mar. 



1.07 



0.38 



8.95 



2.48 



1.99 



15 



3 



11 



Apr. 



0.97 



0.26 



7.95 



2.63 



1.78 



13 



3 



21 



May 



0.95 



0.39 



7.73 



2.30 



2.11 



17 



2 



23 



June 



1.14 



0.36 



8.56 



4.00 



1.77 



20 



3 



15 



July 



0.73 



0.21 



7.85 



1.96 



1.33 



5 



2 



20 



Aug. 



0.76 



0.27 



8.82 



3.37 



1.38 



16 



3 



20 



Sept. 



1.12 



0.54 



9.40 



2.76 



2.45 



24 



4 



50 



Oct. 



0.81 



0.39 



8.13 



3.03 



2.34 



10 



3 



60 



Nov. 



1.11 



0.47 



8.01 



1.88 



2.33 



12 



3 



60 



Dec. 



1.27 



0.70 



9.44 



2.63 



3.13 



20 



4 



47 



Annual 



1.06 



0.45 



8.50 



2.64 



3.13 







366 



Overall 



1.06 



0.45 



8.60 



2.47 



3.13 







473 



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