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                                            CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN

                                01194825 CONNECTICUT RIVER AT OLD SAYBROOK, CT

LOCATION.--Lat 4115'47", long 7220'36", Middlesex County, Hydrologic Unit 01080205, on right bank of Saybrook Jetties at Breakwater Lighthouse, 3.0 mi southeast of Old Saybrook, and at mouth of Connecticut River.
DRAINAGE AREA.--11,269 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1976 to February 1978, at station 01194820, 0.6 mi north, October 26, l979 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR CT-80-1:  1978 (M, m).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder.  Datum of reference gage is 4.56 ft below sea level in order to prevent negative values and is converted to elevation above or below (-) sea level for publication.  Prior to Feb. 1978, at site 0.6 mi north at Lynde Point, at datum 5.12 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Stage data in feet at 15-minute intervals available upon request. Blank data columns indicate that one or more days of record for the month are missing due to equipment failure or damage. Telephone gage-height telemeter at this station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum tidal elevation, 6.65 ft, Feb. 6, 1978; minimum, -3.69 ft, Feb. 8, 1985.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum tidal elevation recorded, 4.95 ft, Oct. 19; minimum, -1.72 ft, Oct. 15 and Sept. 16.


                             TIDE ELEVATIONS, IN FEET, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997
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                            OCT    NOV    DEC    JAN    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY   JUNE   JULY    AUG   SEPT
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Maximum      Elevation     4.95   3.92   4.36   4.66   3.94   4.21   4.30   3.98   3.90   3.66   ----   3.66
high tide
             Date            19     19      6     10      5      6     19      3      5     18     --     18
                                                                                                            
             Time          1545   0515   0830   1045   0800   0745   2030   1930   2245   2115   ----   1115
                                                                                                            

Minimum      Elevation    -1.72  -1.79  -1.84  -1.84  -1.82  -1.77  -1.78  -1.76  -1.74  -1.78   ----  -1.72
Low tide                                                                                                    
             Date            15     12     22     12      6     12      8      7     23     23     --     16
                                                                                                            
             Time          1800   1630   1500   1945   1500   0615   0400   0345   0600   0630   ----   0315
                                                                                                            
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NOTE.--Time shown is Eastern standard.