# Météo-France

French National Meteorological Service

## Overview

Météo-France publishes two distinct open data products as part of its Open Government Data offering on
[meteo.data.gouv.fr](https://meteo.data.gouv.fr/):

- **synop**: SYNOP (surface synoptic observation) data of about 190 stations across metropolitan France and its
  overseas territories, at their native 3-hourly reporting interval, from 1996 to present.
- **observation**: "Données climatologiques de base", daily and monthly climatological summaries from a much
  larger network of several thousand stations, sharded by French department.

## License

Météo-France data is published under the [Etalab Open License 2.0](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence/).

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synop/index.md
observation/index.md
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