DWD#
Deutscher Wetterdient / German Weather Service
Overview#
The data as offered by the DWD through wetterdienst includes:
- Historical Weather Observations
Historical (last ~300 years), recent (500 days to yesterday), now (yesterday up to last hour)
every minute to yearly resolution
Time series of stations in Germany
- Mosmix - statistical optimized scalar forecasts extracted from weather models
Point forecast
5400 stations worldwide
Both MOSMIX-L and MOSMIX-S is supported
Up to 115 parameters
- Radar
16 locations in Germany
All of composite, radolan, radvor, sites and radolan_cdc
Radolan: calibrated radar precipitation
Radvor: radar precipitation forecast
For a quick overview of the work of the DWD check the current dwd report (only in german language).
License#
The German Weather Service specified their data as being open though they ask you to reference them as copyright owner. Take a look at the Open Data Strategy at the DWD and the Official Copyright statements before using the data.