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San Francisco (Golden Gate): water level history Record 1855–2025 170 years
Sea level trend 1.98 mm/yr No. 63 of 88
Great diurnal range 1.78 m No. 42
Highest water level 2.64 m 1983-01-27
Annual mean water level vs. period average (cm) annual 1855: 16.9 1855 1856: 7.5 1857: 8.9 1858: 6.5 1859: 8.6 1860: 3.0 1861: 0 1862: 10.6 1863: 3.1 1864: 9.0 1865: 3.3 1866: 12.4 1867: 12.6 1868: 17.6 1869: 13.6 1870: 10.1 1871: 8.0 1872: 12.6 1873: 8.9 1874: 13.3 1875: 11.6 1876: 17.5 1876 1877: 18.2 1878: 20.3 1879: 12.3 1880: 15.1 1881: 16.7 1882: 12.7 1883: 14.3 1884: 23.1 1885: 18.6 1886: 14.7 1887: 11.8 1888: 13.5 1889: 18.1 1890: 19.3 1891: 12.9 1892: 9.6 1893: 12.6 1894: 11.7 1895: 17.5 1896: 17.1 1897: 12.0 1897 1898: 5.0 1899: 9.5 1900: 11.2 1901: 10.0 1902: 13.3 1903: 12.1 1904: 15.1 1905: 15.7 1906: 13.7 1907: 16.1 1908: 9.1 1909: 12.1 1910: 8.7 1911: 14.6 1912: 11.0 1913: 11.5 1914: 20.7 1915: 17.0 1916: 11.9 1917: 10.6 1918: 17.3 1918 1919: 14.6 1920: 12.3 1921: 13.6 1922: 12.7 1923: 11.8 1924: 8.9 1925: 15.0 1926: 15.3 1927: 14.3 1928: 13.6 1929: 12.6 1930: 18.0 1931: 15.0 1932: 16.5 1933: 11.9 1934: 15.3 1935: 17.8 1936: 17.8 1937: 18.2 1938: 18.9 1939: 14.2 1939 1940: 22.4 1941: 28.5 1942: 19.2 1943: 19.5 1944: 17.8 1945: 17.6 1946: 16.7 1947: 16.7 1948: 18.1 1949: 18.2 1950: 18.3 1951: 23.4 1952: 23.6 1953: 18.0 1954: 19.6 1955: 16.7 1956: 18.9 1957: 24.6 1958: 29.1 1959: 24.0 1960: 18.8 1960 1961: 20.0 1962: 22.3 1963: 24.8 1964: 19.5 1965: 26.2 1966: 24.2 1967: 25.2 1968: 23.8 1969: 28.9 1970: 24.6 1971: 19.5 1972: 27.2 1973: 23.5 1974: 24.9 1975: 20.6 1976: 24.5 1977: 19.7 1978: 26.6 1979: 24.2 1980: 27.2 1981: 24.2 1981 1982: 33.7 1983: 43.9 1984: 29.4 1985: 24.0 1986: 30.5 1987: 28.0 1988: 22.5 1989: 24.9 1990: 26.4 1991: 25.9 1992: 34.3 1993: 33.3 1994: 25.5 1995: 32.9 1996: 29.0 1997: 35.0 1998: 35.6 1999: 24.4 2000: 26.6 2001: 26.7 2002: 28.2 2002 2003: 29.4 2004: 29.9 2005: 32.0 2006: 34.6 2007: 23.5 2008: 27.2 2009: 29.4 2010: 30.5 2011: 30.1 2012: 29.0 2013: 27.6 2014: 35.8 2015: 38.5 2016: 34.3 2017: 37.4 2018: 34.2 2019: 39.1 2020: 32.7 2021: 32.2 2022: 31.1 2023: 41.0 2023 2025: 35.5 Bars are relative to the lowest year on record.
Top 10 monthly highest water levels Month Highest (m above MSL) January 1983 1.689 December 1983 1.686 February 1998 1.603 January 2026 1.603 January 2005 1.530 January 1973 1.525 December 2003 1.523 December 2024 1.523 December 2005 1.515 January 2001 1.507
Times and heights are NOAA astronomical predictions and do not include weather effects. Times are station local time (incl. daylight saving), heights in metres above MLLW. Not for navigation.
About this page Monthly mean water levels at San Francisco (Golden Gate) since 1855. Long-term sea level trend: 1.98 mm per year.
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