8ddfd4dd5af443f9ad382cd77366d877 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 dbd451271eb04662beade68da43546e1 dataset NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-16T02:26:16 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 MIDAS Open: UK daily rainfall data, v202507 2025-07-18T14:13:38 publication 2025-07-18T14:13:38 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/8ddfd4dd5af443f9ad382cd77366d877 8ddfd4dd5af443f9ad382cd77366d877 NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 10.5285/8ddfd4dd5af443f9ad382cd77366d877 doi The UK daily rainfall data contain rainfall accumulation and precipitation amounts over a 24 hour period. The data were collected by observation stations operated by the Met Office across the UK and transmitted within the following message types: NCM, AWSDLY, DLY3208 and SSER. The data spans from 1853 to 2024. Over time a range of rain gauges have been used - see section 5.6 and the relevant message type information in the linked MIDAS User Guide for further details. This version supersedes the previous version (202407) of this dataset and a change log is available in the archive, and in the linked documentation for this record, detailing the differences between this version and the previous version. The change logs detail new, replaced and removed data. These include the addition of data for calendar year 2024. This dataset is part of the Midas-open dataset collection made available by the Met Office under the UK Open Government Licence, containing only UK mainland land surface observations owned or operated by Met Office. It is a subset of the fuller, restricted Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations dataset, also available through the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - see the related dataset section on this record. A large proportion of the UK raingauge observing network (associated with WAHRAIN, WADRAIN and WAMRAIN for hourly, daily and monthly rainfall measurements respectively) is operated by other agencies beyond the Met Office, and are consequently currently excluded from the Midas-open dataset. Currently this represents approximately 13% of available daily rainfall observations within the full MIDAS collection. Met Office author 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk author NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis custodian 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis distributor 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Met Office principal_investigator 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk principalInvestigator NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis point_of_contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact Met Office point_of_contact 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk pointofContact NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis publisher 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset Met Office MIDAS UK meteorology rainfall diurnal daily monthly atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any 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. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -5.54236 1.74002 50.1172 60.7592 1853-01-02T00:00:00 2024-12-31T23:59:59 Data are BADC-CSV formatted NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Data Center Contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/8ddfd4dd5af443f9ad382cd77366d877 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-midas-open/data/uk-daily-rain-obs/dataset-version-202507/ DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-midas/ukmo_guide.html#6.2 Information on versioning in MIDAS data No further details. information https://dap.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-midas-open/data/uk-daily-rain-obs/dataset-version-202507/midas-open_uk-daily-rain-obs_dv-202507_change_log.txt?download=1 Individual station change logs for the UK daily rainfall dataset for v202507 (this version) No further details. information https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7357335 Martyn, S. (2021). MIDAS Data User Guide for UK Land Observations, v20210705 (p. 70). Met Office. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7357335 No further details. information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-midas-open/data/uk-daily-rain-obs/dataset-version-202507/midas-open_uk-daily-rain-obs_dv-202507_change_log.txt Change log for UK daily rainfall dataset for v202507 (this version) No further details. information https://help.ceda.ac.uk/article/4982-midas-open-user-guide MIDAS Open User Guide No further details. information https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/library-and-archive/library/publications/factsheets/factsheet_17-observations_over_land_2023.pdf Weather observations over land (Factsheet 17) No further details. information https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15827371 Met Office. (2025). MIDAS Open V202507 release notes and station changes. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15827371 No further details. information dataset 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 2010-12-08 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 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) approximately on a yearly basis.