Weather and climate observations

Access nationally-significant weather data from approx. 6,500 climate stations which have been operating for various periods since the earliest recorded observations were made in the year 1850. Account set up and login required.
Hosted By: NIWA
Category: Climate
Keywords: weather, climate, observations
Data Quality
Parameter Score Description
Accessible (AC) Good Data are accessible from a public facing server
Common Format (CF) Good Data are available in a commonly used format (syntax)
Data Lineage Statement (DL) Medium Data are inadequately described in terms of their origins, modifications and processing history
Data Quality Statement (DQ) Medium Data are not well established in terms of their content quality, completeness and consistency
Governance (GO) Good The contributing organisation (CRI) has ownership or recognised stewardship of the data
Identifiers (ID) Medium Only one of the metadata or the data are described with a unique identifier
Terms of use (TU) Good A data licence is easily accessible and understandable
Last Updated (LU) Good A last updated statement is available