Dataset
MIDAS Open: UK daily rainfall data, v201901
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2019-02-08
Status: Superseded
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
DOI Publication Date: 2019-02-28
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 50.49K Files | 1012MB
This dataset has been superseded. See Latest Version here
Abstract
The UK daily rainfall data contain rainfall accumulation and precipitation amounts over a 24 hour period. The data were collected by observation stations operated by the Met Office across the UK and transmitted within the following message types: NCM, AWSDLY, DLY3208 and SSER. The data spans from 1853 to 2017. Over time a range of rain gauges have been used - see section 5.6 and the relevant message type information in the linked MIDAS User Guide for further details.
This dataset is part of the Midas-open dataset collection made available by the Met Office under the UK Open Government Licence, containing only UK mainland land surface observations owned or operated by Met Office. It is a subset of the fuller, restricted Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations dataset, also available through the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - see the related dataset section on this record. A large proportion of the UK raingauge observing network (associated with WAHRAIN, WADRAIN and WAMRAIN for hourly, daily and monthly rainfall measurements respectively) is operated by other agencies beyond the Met Office, and are consequently currently excluded from the Midas-open dataset. Currently this represents approximately 13% of available daily rainfall observations within the full MIDAS collection.
Citable as: Met Office (2019): MIDAS Open: UK daily rainfall data, v201901. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 28 February 2019. doi:10.5285/ec54d5e5288a4ebb8c7ad2a1ef6aec42. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/ec54d5e5288a4ebb8c7ad2a1ef6aec42
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Met Office, MIDAS, UK, meteorology, rainfall, diurnal, daily, monthly
Details
| Previous Info: |
No news update for this record
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No related previous identifiers.
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| Access rules: |
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 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 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) approximately on a yearly basis. |
| 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 BADC-CSV formatted
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Related Documents
| MIDAS User Guide version v20200921 |
| Weather observations over land (Factsheet 17) |
| MIDAS Open User Guide |
| Information on versioning in MIDAS data |
Citations: 24
The following citations have been automatically harvested from external sources associated with this resource where DOI tracking is possible. As such some citations may be missing from this list whilst others may not be accurate. Please contact the helpdesk to raise any issues to help refine these citation trackings.
| Barker, L.J., Hannaford, J., Parry, S., Smith, K.A., Tanguy, M. & Prudhomme, C. (2019) Historic hydrological droughts 1891–2015: systematic characterisation for a diverse set of catchments across the UK. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23, 4583–4602. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4583-2019 https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4583-2019 |
| error occurred https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-202 |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily rainfall data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/CB47CC464C5A41DE8C718D117437B4E6 https://doi.org/10.5285/cb47cc464c5a41de8c718d117437b4e6 |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily temperature data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/A39ADD95A8DC49709F6E984C020C8DBC https://doi.org/10.5285/a39add95a8dc49709f6e984c020c8dbc |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily temperature data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/B37382E8C1E74B849831A5FA13AFDCAE https://doi.org/10.5285/b37382e8c1e74b849831a5fa13afdcae |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily weather observation data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/0049795739E44310A4982E26D8E26748 https://doi.org/10.5285/0049795739e44310a4982e26d8e26748 |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily weather observation data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/6AD6792F44C84C228651B01D182D9D73 https://doi.org/10.5285/6ad6792f44c84c228651b01d182d9d73 |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/7AAA582FB00246B794DC85950F1BE265 https://doi.org/10.5285/7aaa582fb00246b794dc85950f1be265 |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/A58B9C8A724E4EC795A40A74455462B7 https://doi.org/10.5285/a58b9c8a724e4ec795a40a74455462b7 |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK hourly weather observation data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/C58C1AF69B9745FDA4CDF487A9547185 https://doi.org/10.5285/c58c1af69b9745fda4cdf487a9547185 |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK soil temperature data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/A7BA08D073EB40A9AAB5E312F371D007 https://doi.org/10.5285/a7ba08d073eb40a9aab5e312f371d007 |
| Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK soil temperature data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/9972BC173EF94068B2070D4B26F849A7 https://doi.org/10.5285/9972bc173ef94068b2070d4b26f849a7 |
| Met Office (2020) MIDAS Open: UK daily rainfall data, v202007. https://doi.org/10.5285/EC9E894089434B03BD9532D7B343EC4B https://doi.org/10.5285/ec9e894089434b03bd9532d7b343ec4b |
| Met Office (2020) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v202007. https://doi.org/10.5285/77187AC1E0A341CA993C3366F8C59C3C https://doi.org/10.5285/77187ac1e0a341ca993c3366f8c59c3c |
| Met Office (2020) MIDAS Open: UK soil temperature data, v202007. https://doi.org/10.5285/85B9DAD7AF814BFA9047A525927257F4 https://doi.org/10.5285/85b9dad7af814bfa9047a525927257f4 |
| Met Office (2021) MIDAS Open: UK daily rainfall data, v202107. https://doi.org/10.5285/D6BCF4171C2F4754A7455D00DEDA0F72 https://doi.org/10.5285/d6bcf4171c2f4754a7455d00deda0f72 |
| Met Office (2021) MIDAS Open: UK daily weather observation data, v202107. https://doi.org/10.5285/D399794D81FA41779A925B6D4758A5CD https://doi.org/10.5285/d399794d81fa41779a925b6d4758a5cd |
| Met Office (2021) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v202107. https://doi.org/10.5285/F7AE919F96B44A1C9695F40A9CF988DD https://doi.org/10.5285/f7ae919f96b44a1c9695f40a9cf988dd |
| Met Office (2021) MIDAS Open: UK soil temperature data, v202107. https://doi.org/10.5285/CABC37D867FA4F2A84302350DF908693 https://doi.org/10.5285/cabc37d867fa4f2a84302350df908693 |
| Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK daily rainfall data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/15DEEB29CDCD4524B07560E5AAD45DED https://doi.org/10.5285/15deeb29cdcd4524b07560e5aad45ded |
| Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK daily temperature data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/8BCF6925CDDC4681B96F94D424537B9E https://doi.org/10.5285/8bcf6925cddc4681b96f94d424537b9e |
| Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK daily weather observation data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/4B44CEC2F9A846F39D5007983B7EAAAB https://doi.org/10.5285/4b44cec2f9a846f39d5007983b7eaaab |
| Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/64F5D7BE890A4AC08CB2B4E78EB5FCC1 https://doi.org/10.5285/64f5d7be890a4ac08cb2b4e78eb5fcc1 |
| Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK soil temperature data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/4ECBF3FA1B084C5A9080248433275124 https://doi.org/10.5285/4ecbf3fa1b084c5a9080248433275124 |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Date of observation
- long_name: Descriptor: precipitation amount
- long_name: Elapsed time to storage in MIDAS
- long_name: Met Office receipt stamp time
- long_name: Observation day count
- long_name: Precipitation amount
- long_name: QC code: observation day count
- long_name: QC code: precipitation amount
- long_name: The filename used for this station
- long_name: The identifier associated with a particular report type for this station
- long_name: The identifier type associated with a particular reporting capability for this station
- long_name: The name for this station
- long_name: The station elevation
- long_name: The station latitude (WGS84)
- long_name: The station longitude (WGS84)
- long_name: The unique MIDAS identifier for the station
- long_name: clock time at end of observation as HHMM
- long_name: first year of data associated with this id/id_type in this version of this dataset
- long_name: first year of data associated with this station in this dataset
- long_name: identifier type
- long_name: last year of data associated with this id/id_type in this version of this dataset
- long_name: last year of data associated with this station in this dataset
- long_name: message type
- long_name: midas qc version number
- long_name: state indicator for the record
- long_name: station identifier
- long_name: the historic county this station is within
- long_name: unique source identifier or station site number
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1853-01-02T00:00:00
End time:
2017-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
60.7592° |
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-5.5424° |
1.7400° |
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50.1172° |
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