# Wave height and wind near Valcour Island, NY (buoy 45178)

**Use case:** 

NDBC buoy 45178 sits 1 NM SE of Valcour Island, NY at 44.603, -73.394, run by SUNY Plattsburgh Center for Earth and Environmental Science/Lake Champlain Research Institute, and reports every hour. This example returns its latest observation: significant wave height, dominant and average wave period, wind speed, gust and direction, air and water temperature and pressure, with the time of each readi

## Input

```json
{
  "locations": [
    "45178"
  ],
  "latestOnly": true,
  "hours": 24,
  "maxRowsPerStation": 200,
  "maxRetries": 4,
  "maxDistanceKm": 300
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rowType": {
    "label": "Row",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stationId": {
    "label": "Station",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stationName": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "observedAt": {
    "label": "Observed (UTC)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ageMinutes": {
    "label": "Age (min)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windSpeedKnots": {
    "label": "Wind (kn)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windGustKnots": {
    "label": "Gust (kn)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windDirectionDegrees": {
    "label": "Wind dir",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "waveHeightFeet": {
    "label": "Wave (ft)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "waveHeightMeters": {
    "label": "Wave (m)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "dominantWavePeriodSeconds": {
    "label": "Dom period (s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "averageWavePeriodSeconds": {
    "label": "Avg period (s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "meanWaveDirectionDegrees": {
    "label": "Wave dir",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "waterTemperatureF": {
    "label": "Water (F)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "waterTemperatureC": {
    "label": "Water (C)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "airTemperatureF": {
    "label": "Air (F)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "airTemperatureC": {
    "label": "Air (C)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pressureHpa": {
    "label": "Pressure (hPa)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pressureTendencyHpa": {
    "label": "Tendency",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "dewPointC": {
    "label": "Dew (C)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "dewPointF": {
    "label": "Dew (F)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "visibilityNauticalMiles": {
    "label": "Visibility (nmi)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "tideFeet": {
    "label": "Tide (ft)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windSpeedMs": {
    "label": "Wind (m/s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windGustMs": {
    "label": "Gust (m/s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "stationType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stationOwner": {
    "label": "Owner",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stationProgram": {
    "label": "Program",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "latitude": {
    "label": "Latitude",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "longitude": {
    "label": "Longitude",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "requestedPoint": {
    "label": "Asked for",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "distanceKm": {
    "label": "Distance (km)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ok": {
    "label": "OK",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "reason": {
    "label": "Reason",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "note": {
    "label": "Note",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "checkedAt": {
    "label": "Checked",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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