The Armagh Observatory Climate Observation Data (1796-present)

Data from the Armagh Observatory, founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson. There are around 25 astronomers who are actively studying Stellar Astrophysics, the Sun, Solar System astronomy, and the Earth's climate. As well as astronomical observations various meteorological parameters have been recorded since 1794. The data held at the BADC are daily, mean monthly and seasonal and annual maximum and minimum temperatures from 1844, the 1m and 30 cm depth soil temperatures since 1904, precipitation since 1838 and sunshine daily and mean data produced by Armagh Observatory. If users wish to find data from other areas of work undertaken by the observatory they should visit the Armagh Observatory website.

Date (Publication): 2006-12-10T02:39:59

Date (Creation): 2006-12-10T02:39:59

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2bca5457886c9352197c0fe9b7122418

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 2bca5457886c9352197c0fe9b7122418

Author

Armagh Observatory - author

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

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

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Armagh Observatory
Historic observations
meteorology

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atmospheric conditions

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 1796-02-17T00:01:15

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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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: Armagh Observatory website
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OnLine resource: Meteorological Data recorded at Armagh Observatory: Volume 5 - The Storm and Gale Chronology 1796-2002
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OnLine resource: Meteorological Data recorded at Armagh Observatory: Volume 10 - Daily, Monthly, Seasonal and Annual Hours of Bright Sunshine 1880 - 2004
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OnLine resource: Air Temperatures at Armagh Observatory, Northern Ireland, from 1796 to 2002
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OnLine resource: Precipitation at Armagh Observatory 1838-1997
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OnLine resource: Soil Temperatures at Armagh Observatory, N. Ireland, from 1904 to 2002
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OnLine resource: Meteorological Data recorded at Armagh Observatory:Volume 1 - Daily, Monthly and Annual Rainfall 1838 - 2001 report
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OnLine resource: Meteorological Data recorded at Armagh Observatory:Volume 2 - Daily, Mean monthly, Seasonal and Annual, Maximum and Minimum Temperatures, 1844-2004 report
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OnLine resource: Meteorological Data recorded at Armagh Observatory: Volume 4 - Daily, Monthly and Annual Soil Temperatures, 1904-2002
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OnLine resource: Meteorological Data recorded at Armagh Observatory: Volume 6 - daily, Monthly, Seasonal and Annual Air Temperatures at Armagh Observatory from Series I (1796-1882) including the Dunsink Patch (1825-1833) and Series III (1844-1964)
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OnLine resource: Meteorological Data recorded at Armagh Observatory: Vol 3 - Meta-data, 1796-2003.
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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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File identifier: 2bca5457886c9352197c0fe9b7122418 XML

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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

Hierarchy level: series Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2025-11-15T03:26:22

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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