Identification

Title

Historical Station Observations

Abstract

Monthly data are available from 37 long-running historic stations, see the map for locations. The series typically range from 50 to more than 100 years in length. The data consists of: Mean daily maximum temperature (max) Mean daily minimum temperature (min) Days of air frost (af) Total rainfall (rain) Total sunshine duration (sun)

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/datapoint/product/historical-station-obs

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

description: Met Office DataPoint

Unique resource identifier

code

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/datapoint/product/historical-station-obs

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:3857

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Atmospheric conditions

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 INSPIRE themes

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Temperature

Rain

Frost

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

Maximum Temperature

Minimum Temperature

Rainfall

Sunshine

Rain Days

Days of Air Frost

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-12

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-12-03

Frequency of update

continual

Quality and validity

Lineage

Post-processed output from the Met Office numerical weather prediction system.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

This metadata is produced to ensure compliance with the discovery aspects of the regulation but the dataset itself is not yet served in a compliant format.

Data format

name of format

Text

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Limitations on public access

no limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Met Office

full postal address

FitzRoy Road

Exeter

EX1 3PB

United Kingdom

telephone number

+441392885680

facsimile number

+441392885681

email address

enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Met Office

full postal address

FitzRoy Road

Exeter

EX1 3PB

United Kingdom

telephone number

+441392885680

facsimile number

+441392885681

email address

enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2013-08-30T13:34:10

Metadata language

eng