daily

metadata

property	value
name	daily
original name	daily
url	here

datasets

climate_summary

metadata

property	value
name	climate_summary
original name	kl
description	Daily station observations (temperature, pressure, precipitation, sunshine duration, etc.) for Germany (details)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
wind_gust_max	fx	Daily maximum of windgust.	m/s	>=0
wind_speed	fm	Daily mean of wind velocity.	m/s	>=0
precipitation_height	rsk	Daily precipitation height.	mm	>=0
precipitation_form	rskf	Precipitation form.	-	>=0
sunshine_duration	sdk	Daily sunshine duration.	h	>=0
snow_depth	shk_tag	Daily snow depth.	cm	>=0
cloud_cover_total	nm	Daily mean of cloud cover.	1/8	>=0,<=8
pressure_vapor	vpm	Daily mean of vapor pressure.	hPa	>=0
pressure_air_site	pm	Daily mean of pressure.	hPa	>=0
temperature_air_mean_2m	tmk	Daily mean of temperature.	°C	-
humidity	upm	Daily mean of relative humidity.	%	>=0,<=100
temperature_air_max_2m	txk	Daily maximum of temperature at 2 m height.	°C	-
temperature_air_min_2m	tnk	Daily minimum of temperature at 2m height.	°C	-
temperature_air_min_0_05m	tgk	Daily minimum of air temperature at 5 cm above ground.	°C	-
quality_wind	qn_3	Quality level of the following columns.	dimensionless	-
quality_general	qn_4	Quality level of the following columns.	dimensionless	-

Codes (precipitation_form):

code	meaning
0	no precipitation (conventional or automatic measurement), relates to WMO code 10
1	only rain (before 1979)
4	unknown form of recorded precipitation
6	only rain; only liquid precipitation at automatic stations, relates to WMO code 11
7	only snow; only solid precipitation at automatic stations, relates to WMO code 12
8	rain and snow (and/or “Schneeregen”); liquid and solid precipitation at automatic stations, relates to WMO code 13
9	error or missing value or no automatic determination of precipitation form, relates to WMO code 15

precipitation_more

metadata

property	value
name	precipitation_more
original name	more_precip
description	Daily precipitation observations for Germany (details)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
precipitation_height	rs	Daily precipitation height.	mm	>=0
precipitation_form	rsf	Precipitation form.	-	>=0
snow_depth	sh_tag	Height of snow pack.	cm	>=0
snow_depth_new	nsh_tag	Fresh snow depth.	cm	>=0
quality	qn_6	Quality flag published by the source for the values in the same dataset.	dimensionless	-

Codes (precipitation_form):

code	meaning
0	no precipitation (conventional or automatic measurement)
1	only rain (before 1979)
4	unknown form of recorded precipitation
6	only rain; only liquid precipitation at automatic stations
7	only snow; only solid precipitation at automatic stations
8	rain and snow (and/or “Schneeregen”)
9	error or missing value or no automatic determination of precipitation form

solar

metadata

property	value
name	solar
original name	solar
description	Daily station observations of solar incoming (total/diffuse) and longwave downward radiation for Germany (details)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
radiation_sky_long_wave	atmo_strahl	Longwave downward radiation.	J/cm²	>=0
radiation_sky_short_wave_diffuse	fd_strahl	Daily sum of diffuse solar radiation.	J/cm²	>=0
radiation_global	fg_strahl	Daily sum of solar incoming radiation.	J/cm²	>=0
sunshine_duration	sd_strahl	Daily sum of sunshine duration.	h	>=0
quality	qn_592	Quality flag published by the source for the values in the same dataset.	dimensionless	-

temperature_soil

metadata

property	value
name	temperature_soil
original name	soil_temperature
description	Daily station observations of soil temperature station data for Germany (details)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
temperature_soil_mean_0_02m	v_te002m	Daily soil temperature in 2 cm depth.	°C	-
temperature_soil_mean_0_05m	v_te005m	Daily soil temperature in 5 cm depth.	°C	-
temperature_soil_mean_0_1m	v_te010m	Daily soil temperature in 10 cm depth.	°C	-
temperature_soil_mean_0_2m	v_te020m	Daily soil temperature in 20 cm depth.	°C	-
temperature_soil_mean_0_5m	v_te050m	Daily soil temperature in 50 cm depth.	°C	-
temperature_soil_mean_1m	v_te100m	Daily soil temperature in 100 cm depth.	°C	-
quality	qn_2	Quality flag published by the source for the values in the same dataset.	dimensionless	-

water_equivalent

metadata

property	value
name	water_equivalent
original name	water_equiv
description	Daily observations of snow height and water equivalent for Germany (details)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
snow_depth_excelled	ash_6	Height of the sampled snow pack.	cm	>=0
snow_depth	sh_tag	Height of the snow pack.	cm	>=0
water_equivalent_snow_depth	wash_6	Water equivalent of the total snow pack.	mm	>=0
water_equivalent_snow_depth_excelled	waas_6	Water equivalent of the sampled snow pack.	mm	>=0

weather_phenomena

metadata

property	value
name	weather_phenomena
original name	weather_phenomena
description	Counts of weather phenomena fog, thunder, storm (strong wind), storm (stormier wind), dew, glaze, ripe, sleet and hail for stations of Germany (details missing, parameter descriptions here)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
count_weather_type_fog	nebel	Count of days with fog of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_thunder	gewitter	Count of days with thunder of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_storm_strong_wind	sturm_6	Count of days with storm (strong wind) of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_storm_stormier_wind	sturm_8	Count of days with storm (stormier wind) of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_dew	tau	Count of days with dew of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_glaze	glatteis	Count of days with glaze of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_ripe	reif	Count of days with ripe of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_sleet	graupel	Count of days with sleet of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_hail	hagel	Count of days with hail of stations in Germany.	-	>=0

weather_phenomena_more

metadata

property	value
name	weather_phenomena_more
original name	more_weather_phenomena
description	Counts of (additional) weather phenomena sleet, hail, fog and thunder for stations of Germany (details missing, parameter descriptions here)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
count_weather_type_sleet	rr_graupel	Count of days with sleet of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_hail	rr_hagel	Count of days with hail of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_fog	rr_nebel	Count of days with fog of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_thunder	rr_gewitter	Count of days with thunder of stations in Germany.	-	>=0