World Weather Records
Note: For 10th Series WWR 2001-2010 country submission information please contact Russell Vose (Russell.Vose@noaa.gov)
Introduction
World Weather Records (WWR) have been published since 1927, and include monthly mean values of pressure, temperature, precipitation, and where available, station metadata notes documenting observation practices and station configurations. Data were supplied by National Meteorological Services as members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and links to all WMO member national Meteorological Services can be found at http://www.wmo.int/pages/members/members_en.html
The First Issue included data from earliest records available at that time up to 1920. Data have been collected for periods 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), and 1991-2000 (9th Series). The present series continues, insofar as possible, 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 have been collected for many stations and are archived in digital files by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), USA. New stations have also been included.
History
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
Data & Information Access
- 9th Series WWR 1991-2000
- WWR Data (9th Series) 1991-2000 (unformatted data) (table format) (CD-ROM*) (documentation) (station list)
- Region I: Africa (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- Region II: Asia (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- Region III: South America (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- Region IV: North America (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- Region V: South-West Pacific and Antarctica (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- Region VI: Europe (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- 6, 7, 8th Series WWR 1961-1990
- WWR Data (6, 7, 8th Series) 1961 to 1990 (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- Region I: Africa (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- Region III: South America (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
- Region VI: Europe (unformatted data) (table format) (station list)
* Please note there is a cost for the CD-ROM while the downloadable data are free. The CD-ROM contains the same data but also includes an executable program that allows users to query the data
- 5th Series WWR 1951-1960 (unformatted data)
- 1-4th Series WWR 1755-1950 (unformatted data)
- The WWR data from 1961 to 1980 have been integrated in the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN-Monthly) Temperature Dataset (GHCN-Monthly V.2 datasets) (list of data souces) (data documentation) (GHCN quality control of monthly temperature data)
- The NOAA/NCDC Climate Analysis Branch is pleased to announce the release of the Global Historical Climatology Network - Monthly (GHCNM) version 3.0 (beta). The public is encouraged to provide feedback during this beta phase to help improve and enhance the dataset. More information can be found at:
To direct questions, comments, or feedback, specific to the GHCNM please e-mail NCDC.GHCNM@noaa.gov
Latest update March 18, 2011



