Hourly#

Metadata#

original name

daily

url

NOAA GHCN Hourly

Datasets#

Hourly#

Metadata#

original name

daily

url

NOAA GHCN Hourly

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Historical daily station observations (temperature, pressure, precipitation, sunshine duration, etc.) for Germany

Parameters#

humidity#

original name

relative_humidity

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Relative humidity is calculated from air (dry bulb) temperature and dewpoint temperature (whole percent)

origin unit

\(\%\)

SI unit

\(\%\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}, \leq{100}\)

precipitation_height#

original name

precipitation

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) for past hour; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

precipitation_height_last_3h#

original name

precipitation_3_hour

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

3-hour total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) accumulation from FM12/SYNOP reports; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

precipitation_height_last_6h#

original name

precipitation_6_hour

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

6-hour total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) accumulation from FM12/SYNOP reports; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

precipitation_height_last_9h#

original name

precipitation_9_hour

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

9-hour total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) accumulation from FM12/SYNOP reports; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

precipitation_height_last_12h#

original name

precipitation_12_hour

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

12-hour total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) accumulation from FM12/SYNOP reports; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

precipitation_height_last_15h#

original name

precipitation_15_hour

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

15-hour total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) accumulation from FM12/SYNOP reports; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

precipitation_height_last_18h#

original name

precipitation_18_hour

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

18-hour total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) accumulation from FM12/SYNOP reports; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

precipitation_height_last_21h#

original name

precipitation_21_hour

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

21-hour total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) accumulation from FM12/SYNOP reports; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

precipitation_height_last_24h#

original name

precipitation_24_hour

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

24-hour total liquid precipitation (rain or melted snow) accumulation from FM12/SYNOP reports; a “T” in the measurement code column indicates a trace amount of precipitation (millimeters)

origin unit

\(mm\)

SI unit

\(kg / m^2\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

pressure_air_sea_level#

original name

sea_level_pressure

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Sea level pressure (hectopascals)

origin unit

\(hPa\)

SI unit

\(Pa\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

pressure_air_site#

original name

station_level_pressure

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Station pressure (hectopascals)

origin unit

\(hPa\)

SI unit

\(Pa\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

pressure_air_site_delta_last_3h#

original name

pressure_3hr_change

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

3-hour pressure change (hectopascals)

origin unit

\(hPa\)

SI unit

\(Pa\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

pressure_air_site_reduced#

original name

altimeter

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Reduced pressure (hectopascals)

origin unit

\(hPa\)

SI unit

\(Pa\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

snow_depth#

original name

snow_depth

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

depth of snowpack on the ground (centimeters/m)

origin unit

\(cm\)

SI unit

\(m\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

temperature_air_mean_200#

original name

temperature

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

2 meter (circa) Above Ground Level Air (dry bulb) Temperature (⁰C to tenths)

origin unit

\(°C\)

SI unit

\(K\)

temperature_dew_point_mean_200#

original name

dew_point_temperature

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Dew Point Temperature (⁰C to tenths)

origin unit

\(°C\)

SI unit

\(K\)

temperature_wet_mean_200#

original name

wet_bulb_temperature

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Wet bulb temperature (⁰C to tenths)

origin unit

\(°C\)

SI unit

\(K\)

visibility_range#

original name

visibility

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

horizontal distance at which an object can be seen and identified (kilometers)

origin unit

\(km\)

SI unit

\(m\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

wind_direction#

original name

wind_direction

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Wind Direction from true north using compass directions (e.g. 360=true north, 180=south, 270=west, etc.). Note: A direction of “000” is given for calm winds. (whole degrees)

origin unit

\(°\)

SI unit

\(°\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}, \leq{360}\)

wind_gust_max#

original name

wind_gust

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Peak short duration (usually < 20 seconds) wind speed (meters per second) that exceeds the wind_speed average

origin unit

\(m/s\)

SI unit

\(m/s\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)

wind_speed#

original name

wind_speed

description file

NOAA GHCN Hourly dataset description

description

Wind speed (meters per second)

origin unit

\(m/s\)

SI unit

\(m/s\)

constraints

\(\geq{0}\)