MIDAS: Global Weather Observation Data

The global weather observation data contain meteorological values observed at 3-hrly intervals by non-UK stations, as reported in SYNOP and METAR codes. The messages contain measurements of the concrete state, wind speed and direction, cloud type and amount, visibility, temperature, sunshine duration, precipitation amount, and present and past weather. The data span from 1974 to present.

Note: from 1st November 2016 the data go from 57 to 58 columns with the introduction of additional quality control checks performed within the MIDAS system and an associated 'version number' column added to the data. See documentation for further details.

Date (Publication): 2006-07-27T10:03:12

Date (Creation): 2006-07-27T10:03:12

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0ec59f09b3158829a059fe70b17de951

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 0ec59f09b3158829a059fe70b17de951

Author

Met Office - author

Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,

0370 900 0100

Custodian

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Principal investigator

Met Office - principal_investigator

Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,

0370 900 0100

pointofContact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Publisher

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Maintenance and update frequency: monthly Monthly

Update scope: dataset Dataset

Keywords

Met Office
MIDAS
meteorology
global

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Other constraints: These data have multiple licences for different applications. Always make sure to read the appropriate licence for full data usage limitations details. Other usage may not be permitted. Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.

Use constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic 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.

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement_gov.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under policy 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.

Spatial representation type: grid Grid

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1974-01-01T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Data are ASCII formatted ()

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

OnLine resource: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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OnLine resource: Met Office MIDAS Quick User Guide
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OnLine resource: Link to column headings in Excel file
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OnLine resource: Link to column headings in comma separated text file
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OnLine resource: Information on versioning in MIDAS data
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OnLine resource: MIDAS User Guide version v20200921
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OnLine resource: BADC Documentation: WMO codes
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OnLine resource: Global weather observation (GL) Table details
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Hierarchy level: dataset Dataset

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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: 0ec59f09b3158829a059fe70b17de951 XML

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8

Parent identifier: Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations Data (1853-current) 220a65615218d5c9cc9e4785a3234bd0

Hierarchy level: dataset Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-11-16T03:00:29

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Point of contact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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