MIDAS: UK Hourly Weather Observation Data
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
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- Date (Publication)
- 2006-07-27T08:29:18
- Date (Creation)
- 2006-07-27T08:29:18
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 916ac4bbc46f7685ae9a5e10451bae7c
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Monthly
- Update scope
- Dataset
- Keywords
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- Met Office
- MIDAS
- UK
- meteorology
- hourly
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- atmospheric conditions
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Metadata language
- English
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 1875-01-01T00:00:00
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
- Distribution format
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Data are ASCII formatted
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Data are ASCII formatted
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- OnLine resource
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- OnLine resource
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DOWNLOAD
Download Data
- OnLine resource
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Information on versioning in MIDAS data
No further details.
- OnLine resource
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Link to column headings in comma separated text file
No further details.
- OnLine resource
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UK Hourly Weather (WH) Observations Table details
No further details.
- OnLine resource
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MIDAS User Guide version v20200921
No further details.
- OnLine resource
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Met Office MIDAS Quick User Guide
No further details.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- 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.
- File identifier
- 916ac4bbc46f7685ae9a5e10451bae7c XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Parent identifier
- Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations Data (1853-current) 220a65615218d5c9cc9e4785a3234bd0
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-03-31T00:03:09
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3