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DWD#

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

  • DMO

    • scalar forecasts extracted from weather models

    • Point forecast

    • ICON and ICON-EU model

    • 78 hours lead time

    • Hourly and 3-hourly resolution

    • 115 parameters

    • 5400 stations worldwide

  • Radar

    • 16 locations in Germany

    • All of composite, radolan, radvor, sites and radolan_cdc

    • Radolan: calibrated radar precipitation

    • Radvor: radar precipitation forecast

  • derived technical products

    • Secondary data products from primary weather observations

    • Currently only data product heating_degreedays supported

    • Monthly resolution

    • From stations in Germany

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.

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