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Dataset

 
Update Frequency: Monthly
Latest Data Update: 2023-06-12
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-07-27
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 141 Files | 2GB
Abstract

The UK daily weather observation data contain meteorological values measured on a 24 hour time scale. The measurements of sunshine duration, concrete state, snow depth, fresh snow depth, and days of snow, hail, thunder and gail were attained by observation stations across the UK and transmitted within DLY3208, NCM, AWSDLY and SYNOP messages. The data span from 1880 to present.

Citable as:  Met Office (2006): MIDAS: UK Daily Weather Observation Data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/954d743d1c07d1dd034c131935db54e0
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Met Office, MIDAS, UK, meteorology, daily, diurnal, monthly

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_376a229e-d7c4-11e1-b950-00163e251233
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.
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

Related Documents

 MIDAS User Guide version v20200921
 Link to column headings in Excel file
 Link to column headings in comma separated text file
 Information on versioning in MIDAS data
 UK Daily Weather (WD) Observation Table details
  Met Office MIDAS Quick User Guide

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.

Instrument/Platform pairings

Station Observer Deployed on: Land SYNOP (surface synoptic observations) Station Network
Sunshine Recorder Deployed on: Land SYNOP (surface synoptic observations) Station Network
Cloud Recorder Deployed on: Land SYNOP (surface synoptic observations) Station Network
Snow Depth Sensor Deployed on: Land SYNOP (surface synoptic observations) Station Network
Present (and Past) Weather Sensor Deployed on: Land SYNOP (surface synoptic observations) Station Network
Station Observer Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Sunshine Recorder Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Cloud Recorder Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Snow Depth Sensor Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Present (and Past) Weather Sensor Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Station Observer Deployed on: DLY3208 (Daily observations from Metform 3208) Station Network
Sunshine Recorder Deployed on: DLY3208 (Daily observations from Metform 3208) Station Network
Cloud Recorder Deployed on: DLY3208 (Daily observations from Metform 3208) Station Network
Snow Depth Sensor Deployed on: DLY3208 (Daily observations from Metform 3208) Station Network
Present (and Past) Weather Sensor Deployed on: DLY3208 (Daily observations from Metform 3208) Station Network
Station Observer Deployed on: AWSDLY (Automatic Weather Station Daily values) Station Network
Sunshine Recorder Deployed on: AWSDLY (Automatic Weather Station Daily values) Station Network
Cloud Recorder Deployed on: AWSDLY (Automatic Weather Station Daily values) Station Network
Snow Depth Sensor Deployed on: AWSDLY (Automatic Weather Station Daily values) Station Network
Present (and Past) Weather Sensor Deployed on: AWSDLY (Automatic Weather Station Daily values) Station Network
Output Description

None
  • long_name: 24 Hour Rainfall
  • names: 24 Hour Rainfall
  • long_name: Day Of Snow
  • names: Day Of Snow
  • long_name: Day Of Thunder
  • names: Day Of Thunder
  • long_name: Duration Of Rain
  • names: Duration Of Rain
  • long_name: Fresh Snow Depth
  • names: Fresh Snow Depth
  • 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: Rain
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G288
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain
  • names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G288
  • long_name: Snow
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G290
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G290, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
  • long_name: Snow Cover
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0766
  • gcmd_keyword: Snow Cover
  • names: Snow Cover, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0766
  • long_name: Snow Depth
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0768
  • gcmd_keyword: Snow Depth
  • names: Snow Depth, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0768
  • long_name: Snow Lying
  • names: Snow Lying
  • long_name: Sunshine
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G217
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > 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

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1880-04-01T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent

 
60.7592°
  
-5.5424°
  
1.7400°
 
50.1172°
  
Related parties
Authors (1)
Publishers (1)
Funders (1)
Principal Investigators (1)