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.
This dataset also contains data from a selection of overseas sites:
SRC_ID STATION STATUS LAST DATA
1580 GUTERSLOH CLOSED 28/10/2013 13:00
1582 BRUGGEN CLOSED 29/09/2001 05:00
1584 LAARBRUCH CLOSED 14/05/1999 23:00
1585 GIBRALTAR, NORTH FRONT OPEN 03/02/2020 09:00
1588 AKROTIRI, CYPRUS OPEN 03/02/2020 09:00
1603 ASCENSION ISLAND AIRFIELD OPEN 02/02/2020 21:00
1605 BOTTOMS WOOD, ST HELENA OPEN 03/02/2020 09:00
1608 PORT STANLEY, FALKLAND IS CLOSED 31/12/1980 23:00
1609 MOUNT PLEASANT, FALKLAND IS OPEN 03/02/2020 09:00
56810 MOUNT OLYMPUS OPEN 16/04/2019 09:00
61737 MOUNT KENT, FALKLAND ISLANDS OPEN 03/02/2020 09:00
61743 MOUNT BYRON, FALKLAND ISLANDS OPEN 03/02/2020 09:00
61744 MOUNT ALICE, FALKLAND ISLANDS OPEN 02/02/2020 05:00
Details
Previous Info: |
No news update for this record
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Previously used record identifiers: |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_282ef3b2-d7c5-11e1-9988-00163e251233
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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. |
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.
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File Format: |
Data are ASCII formatted
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Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
Output Description | None |
- long_name: 10 Metre U Wind
- names: 10 Metre U Wind
- long_name: 10 Metre V Wind
- names: 10 Metre V Wind
- long_name: 10 Minute Mean Wind Direction
- names: 10 Minute Mean Wind Direction
- long_name: 10 Minute Mean Wind Speed
- names: 10 Minute Mean Wind Speed
- gcmd_keyword: Atmospheric Winds
- long_name: Atmospheric Winds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0027
- names: Atmospheric Winds, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0027
- long_name: Hourly Sunshine
- names: Hourly Sunshine
- long_name: Ice
- names: Ice
- long_name: Lightning
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G171
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G171, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
- long_name: Mean Hourly Wind Direction
- names: Mean Hourly Wind Direction
- long_name: Mean Hourly Wind Speed
- names: Mean Hourly Wind Speed
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G288
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain
- long_name: Rain
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G288
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G290
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
- long_name: Snow
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G290, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
- long_name: Snow Depth
- gcmd_keyword: Snow Depth
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0768
- names: Snow Depth, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0768
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G217
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Sunshine
- long_name: Sunshine
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Sunshine, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G217
- long_name: Sunshine Amount
- names: Sunshine Amount
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0853
- gcmd_keyword: Surface Winds
- long_name: Surface Winds
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0853, Surface Winds
- long_name: Wind Direction
- names: Wind Direction
- long_name: Windspeed
- names: Windspeed
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
1875-01-01T00:00:00
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
51.9300° |
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-60.5980° |
32.9830° |
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-52.1530° |