Monthly and annual weather reports
Listed below are some known online sources of monthly and annual weather summaries. These all contain statistical data, and some hold additional information in the form of statin or regional text notes.If you know of any others, particularly for the European area, then I would be interested to learn of them.
I have accessed many of these items using a ppython script with avoids the need to download them repetitively using multiple 'point and click'. If you would like a zipped version of any of the collections then let me (rDOTbruggeATreading.ac.uk) know - I may have a zipfile already for you.
British rainfall (and similar titles)
Coverage: British Isles, later UK
Period: 1860-1991
Source: Met Office
URL: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/library/archive-hidden-treasures/british-rainfall
Monthly weather report
Coverage: British Isles, later UK
Period: 1884-1993
Source: Met Office
URL: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/library/archive-hidden-treasures/monthly-weather-report
Note - currently only the cover pages are available
Snow survey of Great Britain
Coverage: UK
Period: 1953/4-1991/2
Source: Met Office
URL: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/library/archive-hidden-treasures/snow-survey
Monthly weather bulletin (and Monthly weather summary)
Coverage: Republic of Ireland
Period: 1986 onwards
Source: Met Éireann
URL: http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly-weather-reports.asp
Note: Each month the Monthly weather summary is issued on about the 2nd of the month. About six months later it is superceded by the more comprehensive Monthly weather bulletin.
Monthly climatic data for the world - pdf files
Coverage: worldwide
Period: 1948 onwards
Source: NOAA
URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/mcdw/mcdw.html
Monthly climatic data for the world - text files
Coverage: worldwide
Period: 1989 onwards
Source: NOAA
URL: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/mcdw/
Climatological Observers Link
Coverage: Mainly UK and Ireland
Period: 1970 onwards
Source: COL
URL: http://www.colweather.org.uk (small fee required to cover costs)
Weather overviews from KNMI
Coverage: Netherlands
Period: 2003 onwards
Source: KNMI
URL: http://www.knmi.nl/bibliotheek/weeroverzichten.html
Note: Daily, monthly and annual publications are available.
National Hydrological Monitoring Programme - Monthly Hydrological Summary for the UK
Coverage: UK
Period: December 1988 onwards
Source: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
URL: http://www.ceh.ac.uk/data/nrfa/nhmp/monthly_hs.html
Summaries for France
Coverage: UK
Period: 2001 onwards
Source: Météo France
URL: http://www.meteofrance.fr/climat-passe-et-futur/bilans-climatiques
Other useful links
- My homepage/surface charts
- Local weather:
- Maidenhead's recent weather and climate
- Reading's climate, 1991-2020
- Current UK/Ireland weather information:
- Maps:
- Current temperature
- Current weather
- Plotted daily extremes
- Current weather
- Monthly summaries:
- The month so far - text
- Last month - text
- The month so far - charts
- Last month - text
August 2016: Details
and order form for this new book about weather observing.
Details
and order form for this limited edition publication.
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See also
Make your own weather observations? Then see the Climatological Observers Link
The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation
UK/Ireland synoptic station locations: