World Weather Records (WWR) is an archived publication and digital dataset of meteorological data from locations around the world. WWR was initially launched in 1927 as a publication. Data includes monthly mean values of pressure, temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, and where available, station metadata notes that document observation practices and station configurations.
11th Series (2011–2016)
Series 11 continues the record of monthly mean values of station pressure, sea-level pressure, temperature, and monthly total precipitation for stations listed in previous volumes. In addition to these parameters, mean monthly maximum and minimum temperatures and relative humidity have been collected for many stations and are archived in digital files by NCEI. New stations have also been included.
Documentation
Guidelines for the Submission of the World Weather Records 2011+ (WMO-No.1186)
Data
- All Regions: data | table format | station inventory
- Africa (Region I): data | table format | station inventory
- Asia (Region II): data | table format | station inventory
- South America (Region III): data | table format | station inventory
- North America (Region IV): data | table format | station inventory
- South-West Pacific and Antarctica( Region V): data | table format | station inventory
- Europe (Region VI): data | table format | station inventory
- References:
10th Series (2001–2010)
- All Regions: data | table format | station inventory
- Africa (Region I): data | table format | station inventory
- Asia (Region II): data | table format | station inventory
- South America (Region III): data | table format | station inventory
- North America (Region IV): data | table format | station inventory
- South-West Pacific and Antarctica( Region V): data | table format | station inventory
- Europe (Region VI): data | table format | station inventory
- References:
9th Series (1991–2000)
- All Regions: data | table format | station inventory
- Africa (Region I): data | table format | station inventory
- Asia (Region II): data | table format | station inventory
- South America (Region III): data | table format | station inventory
- North America (Region IV): data | table format | station inventory
- South-West Pacific and Antarctica( Region V): data | table format | station inventory
- Europe (Region VI): data | table format | station inventory
8th Series (1981–1990)
All regions: data
7th Series (1971–1980)
All regions: data
6th Series (1961–1970)
All regions: data
6, 7 & 8th Series Corrections
- All regions corrections: updated data only | table format of updated data only | station inventory of updated stations
- Africa (Region I): updated data only | table format of updated data only | station inventory of updated stations
- South America (Region III): updated data only | table format of updated data only | station inventory updated stations
- Europe (Region VI): updated data only | table format of updated data only | station inventory of updated stations
5th Series (1951–1960)
All regions: data
1st–4th Series (1755–1950)
All regions: data
Background
In recent years, data were supplied by the National Meteorological Services of various countries, many of which became members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The first issue included data from earliest records available at that time up to 1920. Data have been collected for:
- 1921–30 (2nd Series)
- 1931–40 (3rd Series)
- 1941–50 (4th Series)
- 1951–60 (5th Series)
- 1961–70 (6th Series)
- 1971–80 (7th Series)
- 1981–90 (8th Series)
- 1991–2000 (9th Series)
- 2001–2011 (10th Series)
Additional Information
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Weather Records (WWR) website
- History of Global Surface Temperature Datasets including the World Weather Records (WWR): IPCC 4th Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007, Working Group I: The physical Science Basis, Chapter 1.3.2 Global Surface Temperature
- World Weather Record Metadata record (html landing page format | doi:10.7289/V5222RT1
