HadISD: Global sub-daily, surface meteorological station data, 1931-2018, v3.0.0.2018f

This is version 3.0.0.2018f of Met Office Hadley Centre's Integrated Surface Database, HadISD. These data are global sub-daily surface meteorological data that extends HadISD v2.0.2.2017f to include 2018 and so spans 1931-2018.

The quality controlled variables in this dataset are: temperature, dewpoint temperature, sea-level pressure, wind speed and direction, cloud data (total, low, mid and high level). Past significant weather and precipitation data are also included, but have not been quality controlled, so their quality and completeness cannot be guaranteed. Quality control flags and data values which have been removed during the quality control process are provided in the qc_flags and flagged_values fields, and ancillary data files show the station listing with a station listing with IDs, names and location information.

The data are provided as one NetCDF file per station. Files in the station_data folder station data files have the format "station_code"_HadISD_HadOBS_19310101-20181231_v3-0-0-2018f.nc. The station codes can be found under the docs tab or on the archive beside the station_data folder. The station codes file has five columns as follows: 1) station code, 2) station name 3) station latitude 4) station longitude 5) station height.

To keep informed about updates, news and announcements follow the HadOBS team on twitter @metofficeHadOBS.

For more detailed information e.g bug fixes, routine updates and other exploratory analysis, see the HadISD blog: http://hadisd.blogspot.co.uk/

References:

When using the dataset in a paper you must cite the following papers (see Docs for link to the publications) and this dataset (using the "citable as" reference) :

Dunn, R. J. H., Willett, K. M., Parker, D. E., and Mitchell, L.: Expanding HadISD: quality-controlled, sub-daily station data from 1931, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 5, 473-491, doi:10.5194/gi-5-473-2016, 2016.

Dunn, R. J. H., et al. (2012), HadISD: A Quality Controlled global synoptic report database for selected variables at long-term stations from 1973-2011, Clim. Past, 8, 1649-1679, 2012, doi:10.5194/cp-8-1649-2012

Smith, A., N. Lott, and R. Vose, 2011: The Integrated Surface Database: Recent Developments and Partnerships. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, 704–708, doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3015.1

For a homogeneity assessment of HadISD please see this following reference

Dunn, R. J. H., K. M. Willett, C. P. Morice, and D. E. Parker. "Pairwise homogeneity assessment of HadISD." Climate of the Past 10, no. 4 (2014): 1501-1522. doi:10.5194/cp-10-1501-2014, 2014.

Date (Publication): 2019-02-08T09:43:22

Date (Creation): 2019-02-08T09:43:22

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/61392a37ab614f349a4c20df4d08871c

Citation identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 61392a37ab614f349a4c20df4d08871c

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC)		enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	Author
National Centers for Environmental Information - NOAA (NCEI-NOAA)		unknown	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC)		enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	Owner
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Dunn, Robert J. H.	Unavailable	pointofContact
Unavailable	Dunn, Robert J. H.	Unavailable	pointofContact
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

temperature
dewpoint
pressure
wind
speed
direction
cloud
precipitation

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/non-commercial-government-licence/version/2/, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic, policy and personal 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

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1931-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2018-12-31T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
The data are NetCDF formatted.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/61392a37ab614f349a4c20df4d08871c	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-hadobs/data/insitu/MOHC/HadOBS/HadISD/subdaily/HadISDTable/r1/v3-0-0-2018f	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/2011BAMS3015.1	Integrated surface database reference paper

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://hadisd.blogspot.co.uk/	HadISD blog

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-hadobs/metadata/HadISD/hadisd_station_list_v202.txt	HadISD v202 station ID codes

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://twitter.com/metofficeHadOBS	Met Office HadOBS twitter feed

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-hadobs/docs/HadISD/HadISD_File_format_guide.pdf	HadISD File formats description

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.geosci-instrum-method-data-syst.net/5/473/2016/gi-5-473-2016.html	HadISD v2 reference paper: Dunn, R. J. H., Willett, K. M., Parker, D. E., and Mitchell, L.: Expanding HadISD: quality-controlled, sub-daily station data from 1931, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 5, 473-491, doi:10.5194/gi-5-473-2016, 2016.

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisd/	HadISD homepage

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.clim-past.net/8/1649/2012/cp-8-1649-2012.html	Dunn, R. J. H. et al., HadISD: a quality-controlled global synoptic report database for selected variables at long-term stations from 1973-2011, Climate of the Past, 8, 2012, 5, 1649-1679, DOI:10.5194/cp-8-1649-2012

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: HadISD the global sub-daily station dataset was produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre. It was derived from the Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). HadISD has been passed to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for archiving and distribution.

Metadata

File identifier: 61392a37ab614f349a4c20df4d08871c XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: HadISD: global sub-daily station data for climate extremes
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-06-17T02:16:57

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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