Questions tagged [weather]
For questions related to weather and climatic data trends and anomalies, storms, wind patterns, tornadoes, and other short-term meteorological events.
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Seeking GIS data on extreme weather in Ontario
I would like to get geospatial data on extreme weather in Ontario including:
-Lightning strikes
-Tornado/high wind
-Ice Storms
-Forest fires
-Etc.
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NOAA API - climate normals dataset and stationID issues
I’m attempting to create a mobile app feature for farmers/gardeners where the first and last frost date is returned from NOAA data based on zip code ( or lat and long). There are a number online, but ...
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Want to download GFS 0.25 data from Amazon Web Services
Not sure if this question belongs on SO or here . Also maybe a trivial question where I am missing something . But I am trying to download GFS 0.25 x 0.25 data from Amazon Web Services (AWS). There is ...
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Geospatial data set for monthly averaged wind speed or power density
I want to evaluate seasonal variability of wind turbines (in combination with a Power to X plant). Ideally, wind turbines would create a constant seasonal power output to supply the continuous demand ...
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Seeking weather data for past and this year for 4500 cities around world
I'm looking for weather data on 4500 cities throughout the world for 2022 and 2023 for a school project.
Is there a way to get this for free?
I can see it according to weather stations, but that might ...
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Where to download annual data for heating and cooling degree days for US counties not one-by-one, but all at the same time
Could anybody help me find reliable source for downloading csv files of HDD and CDD for all USA's counties.
For those wondering about heating and cooling days definition, you can refer to this.
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Weather Conditions for Remagen , Germany in spring of 1945
What were the daily weather conditions for Remagen, Germany from April 28, 1945 to May 28, 1945?
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Hourly wind turbine electricity/power production data for single installations in the UK?
I'd like to check my wind speed calculated yield against actual yield. Ideally, I would like to know:
Turbine location
Turbine model details
Hourly yield (or other small timestamp)
I've found ...
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Does the NWS/NOAA provide a Beach Safety conditions API?
I see that the National Weather Service has a couple of pages with current Green/Yellow/Red flag conditions for beaches:
https://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/beachhazards
But where does that data come ...
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UVA and UVB radiations every hour over a year in a given city
I'm looking for a dataset that contains how much UVA and UVB radiations a given city received every hour over a year.
E.g.:
0.0 kJ/m² UVA and 0.0 kJ m² UVB between 00 and 01 AM on 2020-01-01 in ...
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Number of rainy days per year in a given city
I'm looking for a dataset that could allow me to compute, or better give me directly;
How many days per year a city x experiences some rain for more than y hours.
How many days per year a city x ...
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Seeking API for live ASOS/AWOS reports
Many weather apps and websites are now including airport ASOS/AWOS weather reports. (All the colored dots in the below screenshot, from SkyVector)
I'd like to find the API for getting the NOAA (NWS?) ...
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Seeking traffic and weather datasets
I am looking for a dataset of traffic flow and its corresponding weather data, such as rain and temperature, of the same location. I am studying the effect of weather variables on traffic, preferably ...
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Weather data: hail data for europe (belgium)
Does anyone know any website where I can get (in structured or unstructured form) data for hail events in Europe (especially Belgium)? I've found quite some (paying) sites for the US/Canada, but no ...
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Where can I find datasets to predict rainfall for a certain city?
I am seeking datasets for predicting rainfall with the help of the following variables:
Temperature
Wind Speed
Humidity
Air Pressure
Quantity of Rainfall
Please suggest and advise.
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Finding historical Air pollution data from Johannesburg
Where can I find historical Air pollution data from Johannesburg? I need hourly data (or a smaller resolution, such as 15 minutes, which is probabaly harder to find). Tried googling this online yet ...
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Finding historical London meteorological data
Where can I find historical London meteorological data at a minimum resolution of 15 minutes (and not just hourly data)? The data needs to be from a station close to the London bridge. I found that St....
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Average monthly weather dataset for Europe
Is there a free dataset with monthly average temperature / rainfall / sunshine hours / humidity / wind figures for Europe going back 5-10yrs with geo coordinates?
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Wind forecast over land accessible through python API
I would like to automatically fetch wind speed forecast data over my town with a python script.
I am looking for an available dataset and API to do so.
It is for a small personal project, so it is ...
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Where can I find wind speed and direction data for Pakistan?
I'm trying to link wind speed and direction to fire events from the NASA website.
Does anyone know where I can find such data?
Does anyone have any experience doing something like this?
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Berlin weather in 1929 [duplicate]
I am writing a novel set in Berlin in 1929. Does anyone know where I can find out what the weather was in Berlin in that year, especially May? Any help will be appreciated.
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Which SPEI time series should I use?
I'm using the SPEI index to obtain a measure of drought conditions for various countries, across a number of years. I just want one measure, per country, per year. I am unclear about whether I should ...
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Ice thickness historical dataset around southern Alberta
I'm looking for a historical ice thickness dataset in southern Alberta (or its vicinity) to confirm test criteria for an electrical substation's equipment. For now, I am using the "Radial Wet ...
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Thunderstorm Weather Data
Where can I find the average number of days with thunderstorms for each month for different locations in the United States? Does anyone know or have any links they know where it tells you that
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Looking for an API with average min / max temperatures per month for every country
I cannot find any open api data for the average minimum and maximum temperature on a monthly basis per country.
An example:
Country=Netherlands
Month=October
Min=5
Max=13
Any help would be greatly ...
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ERA5 reference time zone
I am using temperature information from ERA5 reanalysis hourly data on a single level, and I am confused about time reference.
If I download global temperature data for a specific day and time (for ...
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How to choose which weather data to use in a time series?
I am conducting an air pollution case-crossover analysis and I'm in the midst of adding in pertinent weather variables. I cast a wide net and downloaded data from NOAA, National weather service and a ...
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Typical Weather Averages by Lon/Lat
I would like to build a local dataset of monthly averages for rainfall, sunshine hours, temperate (C/F) for all the major cities of the world.
I have all the lon/lat's stored for all the cities I ...
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where could one download one minute climate archive？
I have been searching for an archive of one minute climate data. I found bad-quality data from NOAA. Some period data is missing.
Data available through this form needs a fee of $90 for just one city....
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Datasets for daily maximum and mimimum temperature of a specific geographic area?
I am looking to perform some modeling for agricultural research that would provide an insight into the daily maximum and minimum temperature of a specified growing region.
The question becomes: what ...
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Locating detailed average global rainfall and temperature data for use in QGIS
I'm looking for average/yearly global rainfall and average/yearly temperature data that can be synced up to terrain and elevation maps I currently have in QGIS. High accuracy is not crucial (any year, ...
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Where can I find historical rainfall and temperature data for individual weather stations in the US?
I'm reading a journal paper that uses historical rainfall and temperature data for the United States, starting in 1900. The paper says
The [National Weather Service Cooperative] COOP Network ...
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Historic weather data - With clouds resolution
I'm looking for a dataset that holds hourly/daily cloud coverage rates at different heights.
I need the data to a geo reference too, preferably United States data.
Any thoughts?
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Weather maps api's
I would like to produce some global weather maps. Air temperatures, wind speeds, ocean swells etc
I know I can download the GRIB files and interpret them directly from NOAA. However this is quite ...
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Where can I find historical hourly cloudcover/skycover data for specific coordinates in Northeast America?
I am looking for historical hourly weather data, specifically cloud cover for specific coordinates.
I have used Darksky API and it gives cloudcover as a value between 0 and 1, but I do not trust ...
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Need road condition data for the Washington DC area
I am taking a data science class and we are supposed to develop our own final project idea.
The general context of the idea I am considering is that there is a group that meets once per week. Based ...
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Wind Speed Map of US
I source wind statistics data that i can use to create Max, Min, Mean wind speed maps for the entire US.
I need to download it as a shapefile, geotiff or geojson.
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Historical USA weather forecasts
I'm looking for a historical USA (specifically Chicago, IL) weather forecast dataset. Temperature forecasts would suffice, though the more data, the merrier. I know this has been asked a lot of times ...
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NOAA Satellite Data API?
Is there an API to access live (or semi-live?) data from NOAA satellites, such as the GOES-R series? I've been searching for weeks, and I know there are ways to manually access data through website ...
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Downloadable archives of illumination in Europe?
I'm trying to make a DLI (Daily Light Integral) map of Europe (what DLI has each country per month), but I can't find the data to do that.
Is there any Open Source dataset that includes the DLI ...
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Data on Lightning Times and Location
I am looking for data on lighting strikes, time and location between 2014 and 2015.
There is a similar request regarding lighting densities in colorado. I'd need worldwide (or at least Africa-wide) ...
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UK monthly weather data
Is anyone aware of any monthly UK weather data based on grids, easting nothing, or even postcodes? Any pointers would be very much appreciated.
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Does anybody know how to retrieve historical forecasted weather data? I am looking for forecasted data, not actual data
Most websites only provides historical actual weather data (e.g. the observed temperature on March 5 2015 was ...). I am specifically looking for forecasted weather data (e.g. the forecasted ...
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Worldwide sunrise and sunset time data
Looking for a database or free API with the expected sunrise and sunset times around the world (sunrise is more important). Ideally the data should be up-to-date, reflecting daily changes in weather ...
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Historical german rain radar data from opendata.dwd.de
Recently the German national weather service (DWD) published lots of data. I am especially interested in the 5 minutes radar data stored at:
https://opendata.dwd.de/weather/radar/composit/wx/ or
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Need data to access localized weather data
I am trying to build an application similar to zyGrib where in I want to add wind data onto an open layers map for a small local area.
I am aware that there are public sources that I can access to ...
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Clarity of Flag 124-126 in the GSOD weather dataset
The following table provides information around the Flag 124-126 of the GSOD Weather dataset the documentation of which is available here:
Flag 124-124 Char A = 1 report of 6-hour ...
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Looking for historical weather forecasts
I am looking to write a report about the accuracy of weather forecasts. I have already found several source that provides data for actual weather in different locations, but I am having difficulty ...
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Looking for precipitation scans (radar) for Germany, 5 min intervals, >= 1 a
Maps like this ...
... are based on radar precipitation scans. Germany recently changed its law governing the German national weather service (DWD) and made it publish a lot of its data on a new open ...
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Seeking current global cloud cover data?
I'm working on a project to check variation of UV index with cloud cover. I'm trying to get the cloud cover data which I'll be using to plot the graph. I've historical data which I got from MODIS (...
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