Surface Observations

Data Set Link Coverage Type Year Range

Surface Meteorological Data

NCDC DS3505 Integrated Surface Data abbreviated as ISD, ISH, TD3505, DS3505 or DSI-3505

ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/ Global Year 1901 onwards 

Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS):

NCDC DS3505 Integrated Surface Data abbreviated as ISD, ISH, TD3505, DS3505 or DSI-3505

  • One (1) Minute ASOS Data
    Readme.txt: Extracted text
    “……contains the page 1 and page 2 ASOS one minute (temporal resolution) data. The page 1 data are in data set DSI 6405 and page 2 data are in data set DSI 6406. All files in DSI 6405 and DSI 6406 are further organized in subdirectories named by data set name and 4 digit year”.
  • 5-Minute ASOS Data
    Readme.txt: Extracted text
  U.S. Year 1901 onwards