MIDAS: UK Hourly Weather Observation Data
Dataset
Update Frequency: Monthly
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-07-27
DOI Publication Date: No DOI
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Abstract
The UK hourly weather observation data contain meteorological values measured on an hourly time scale. The measurements of the concrete state, wind speed and direction, cloud type and amount, visibility, and temperature were recorded by observation stations across the UK and transmitted within SYNOP, METAR, DLY3208, AWSHRLY and NCM messages. The sunshine duration measurements were transmitted in the HSUN3445 message. The data spans from 1875 to present.
Citable as: Met Office (2006): MIDAS: UK Hourly Weather Observation Data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/916ac4bbc46f7685ae9a5e10451bae7c
Keywords: Met Office, MIDAS, UK, meteorology, hourly
In support of:
Dataset is part of:
Dataset Collection: Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land a... 
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_282ef3b2-d7c5-11e1-9988-00163e251233
Access rules:
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Abbreviation:
Not defined
Data lineage:
Data collated by the Met Office and archived in the Met Office's MIDAS database. Data are extracted from a sub-set of available tables and delivered to BADC approximately on a monthly basis as flat files.
Data Quality:
Data undergo quality checking by the Met Office. State of the data in the quality control process and level of data quality are indicated using version numbers and quality control flagging with the data. See documentation about how to use the quality control flagging and version numbers.
There are also some known data from commissioning trials in the data, which are given a src_id of 99999. These should be ignored by the user.
File Format:
Data are ASCII formatted
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Output Description
None
10-MINUTEMEANWINDSPEED
10METREUWIND
10METREVWIND
ATMOSPHERICWINDS
HOURLYSUNSHINE
ICE
LIGHTNING
MEANHOURLYWINDDIRECTION
MEANHOURLYWINDSPEED
RAIN
SNOW
SNOWDEPTH
SUNSHINE
SUNSHINEAMOUNT
SURFACEWINDS
WINDDIRECTION
WINDSPEED
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Temporal Range
1875-01-01T00:00:00
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
| 60.7592° | ||||
| -5.5424° | 1.7400° | |||
| 50.1172° |
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