dbd451271eb04662beade68da43546e1 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 series series Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-03-05T08:43:06 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Met Office MIDAS Open: UK Land Surface Stations Data (1853-current) 2019-02-12T10:22:26 publication 2019-02-12T10:22:26 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/dbd451271eb04662beade68da43546e1 dbd451271eb04662beade68da43546e1 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) MIDAS Open is the open data version of the Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) containing land surface station data starting from 1853 and ending at the of the previous complete year. This collection comprises of hourly and daily weather measurements and observations of parameters relating to temperature, rainfall, sunshine, radiation, wind and weather observations such as present weather codes, cloud cover, snow etc. The collection contains land surface observations data from those stations where the data have been designated as public sector information. Prior to version v202407 this consisted of stations operated by the Met Office only, but from version v202407, daily and hourly rainfall observations from stations with gauges owned by the Environment Agency (EA), Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have also been included in the collection. Since then, stations owned by other third-party organisations where approval for inclusion has been reached have also been added to the product. All of these data are provided under an Open Government Licence. The current collection contains the following proportions of the fuller MIDAS dataset collection: 96% of daily temperature observations 96% of daily weather observations 92% of hourly weather observations 94% of daily rainfall observations 96% of hourly rainfall observations 98% of soil temperature observations 96% of solar radiation observations 93% of mean wind observations Daily rainfall: Versions up until MIDAS Open v202407 only have about 13% coverage of observations. In version v202407, the coverage was increased to 58% with the inclusion of the third-party hydrological agency stations. In version v202507, the coverage was increased further to 94% with the inclusion of historic closed stations. The fuller "Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations Data (1853-current)" collection is made available for academic use via the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. The MIDAS Open collection is updated annually in a delayed mode to ensure that data acquisition and quality control procedures have all been completed. Quality controlled (qc-version-1) and non-quality controlled (qc-version-0) data are available from 1853 where available, although this will vary by station depending on the operation period of the station. The collection includes stations which are currently operational as well as stations which were operational in the past and have since closed. Each version of the dataset will include data up until the end of the previous complete year relative to the year in the version number of the dataset (e.g. v202407 included data up until the end of 2023). Note: This collection does not supersede the full MIDAS collection which is also archived at CEDA. Met Office author 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk author Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) custodian 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) distributor 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) point_of_contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact Met Office point_of_contact 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk pointofContact Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) publisher 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher unknown series MIDAS Met Office meteorology UK land daily hourly atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -8.5636 1.74002 49.914 60.8562 1853-01-01T00:00:00 2024-12-31T23:59:59 Contact data centre for format details. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) Data Center Contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/dbd451271eb04662beade68da43546e1 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/surface/code.html WMO Meteorological codes No further details. information https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/library-and-archive/library/publications/factsheets/factsheet_17-observations_over_land_2023.pdf Weather observations over land (Factsheet 17) No further details. information https://help.ceda.ac.uk/article/4982-midas-open-user-guide MIDAS Open User Guide No further details. information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-midas/ukmo_guide.html#6.2 Information on versioning in MIDAS data No further details. information https://archive.ceda.ac.uk/tools/midas_stations MIDAS Station Search No further details. information https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7357335 Martyn, S. (2021). MIDAS Data User Guide for UK Land Observations, v20210705 (p. 70). Met Office. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7357335 No further details. information series Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.