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_2m

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_2m

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_2m

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

\(\geq{0}\)