Weather

Current Weather Conditions

Real-time meteorological data, including wind direction and speed, air temperature, and relative humidity, is available from two VECOS Stations situated on the York River.

• Station YRK005.67P (Location: 37.246°N, 76.5°W at VIMS)
• Station YRK000.00P (Location: 37.222°N, 76.404°W at Goodwin Island)

Current Water Conditions

Real-time hydrographic data, including wave height, water temperature, speed, direction, depth, and more, is available from two VECOS Stations situated on the York River.

• Station YRK005.67B (Location: 37.244°N, 76.5°W near VIMS)

• Station YRK000.00B (Location: 37.235°N, 76.401°W near Goodwin Island)

Archived Meteorological and Hydrographic Data

Six-minute readings were collected from the main VIMS campus on the York River at Gloucester Point, VA.  Hydrographic data were collected from the end of the VIMS' Ferry Pier.

• Graphs (through 2003):
  
  • Temperature
  • Salinity
  • Air Temperature
• Data retrievals of water parameters - temperature, conductivity and salinity (through 2005):
  
  • Six-Minute Data - Raw observations, 240 per day.
  • Daily Summary - Means and extremes for each day.
  • Hourly Summary - HOURLY means and extremes.
• Data retrievals of meteorological observation - wind direction, rainfall, solar radiation (through 2006):
  
  • Six-Minute Data - Raw observations, 240 per day.
  • Daily Summary - Means and extremes for each day.
  • Hourly Summary - HOURLY means and extremes.