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
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/916ac4bbc46f7685ae9a5e10451bae7c
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 916ac4bbc46f7685ae9a5e10451bae7c
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
  • UK
  • meteorology
  • hourly
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
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
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1875-01-01T00:00:00
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

Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource
DOWNLOAD

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Information on versioning in MIDAS data

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Link to column headings in comma separated text file

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UK Hourly Weather (WH) Observations Table details

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OnLine resource
MIDAS User Guide version v20200921

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OnLine resource
Met Office MIDAS Quick User Guide

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dataset 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
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
2025-11-15T03:00:27
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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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
atmospheric conditions

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