MeteoSwiss - Open Data > Understanding MeteoSwiss' Open Data products > C. Climate Data
Climate Data consists of homogenous time series data (1, 2), spatial climate data (3-5), climate normals (6, 7) and scenarios (8):
- Climate stations 🟡 documentation upcoming
- Climate precipitation stations 🟡 documentation upcoming
- Ground-based spatial climate data 🟡 documentation upcoming
- Satellite-based spatial climate data 🟡 documentation upcoming
- Radar-based spatial climate data 🟡 documentation upcoming
- Climate normals 🟡 documentation upcoming
- Spatial climate normals 🟡 documentation upcoming
- Climate scenarios 🟡 documentation upcoming
All MeteoSwiss surface stations have a name and an identfier consisting of three letters (e.g. BER for Bern / Zollikofen or LUG for Lugano). Data files use this station identifier in the file name throughout all directories. A list of all station identfiers with station names, coordinates, height etc. can be found in the according 'station metadata' sections below.
The Swiss National Basic Climatological Network "Swiss NBCN" connects the major ground-based stations within the MeteoSwiss monitoring network. It consists of around 30 climate monitoring stations.
The homogenous time series data for temperature, precipitation and hours of sunshine date back, in some cases, to the mid-nineteenth century.
If you require daily, monthly or annual values, we strongly recommend that you download the corresponding aggregated data granularity D, M, Y and update frequency daily (recent) or yearly (historical) for each station.
Data format of all files is CSV with an estimated volume of ≤0.9 MB per file.
See example data files for station BAS for all granularities and update frequencies mentioned: ogd-nbcn_BAS_(data granularity)_(update frequency).
See example parameter metadata files of data granularity: ... and ....
See example station metadata file.
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' ....
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There are files of data granularity ..., ..., ..., ... and update frequency hourly (now), daily (recent) or yearly (historical) for each station.
Data format is CSV with an estimated volume of ... MB per file.
See example data files: ....
See example parameter metadata files of data granularity: ... and ....
See example station metadata file.
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' ....
Ground-based spatial climate data are statistically derived from surface data.
See the overview of spatial climate products (PDF). For each product see the "detailed product document(s)" below for further information, and the parameter metadata in each example file.
| PERIOD_TX | BOUND_BOX_COORD_SYS_TX | OUTPUT_COORDSYS_TX | OUTPUT_FORMAT_TX | FILENAME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | RprelimD_ch01h.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | RhiresD_ch01h.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | RhiresM_ch01h.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_year | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | RhiresY_ch01h.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TabsD_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TminD_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TmaxD_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TabsD_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TminD_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TmaxD_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TabsM_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TminM_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TmaxM_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_year | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TabsY_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_year | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TminY_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_year | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TmaxY_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | SrelD_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | SrelM_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_year | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | SrelY_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | SrelD_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TanomM9120_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | RanomM9120_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
| previous_month | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | SanomM9120_ch01r.swiss.lv95 |
There are files of data granularity ..., ..., ..., ... and update frequency hourly (now), daily (recent) or yearly (historical) for each station.
Data format is ... with an estimated volume of ... MB per file.
See example data files: ....
See example parameter metadata files of data granularity: ... and ....
See example station metadata file.
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' ....
Spatial climate data, which contain radiation and cloud cover parameters, are derived from MeteoSat satellite data together with surface data.
See the overview of spatial climate products (PDF). For each product see the "detailed product document(s)" below for further information, and the parameter metadata in each example file.
| Parameter | Data granularities | FILENAME | PERIOD_TX = Update frequency | BOUND_BOX_COORD_SYS_TX | OUTPUT_COORDSYS_TX | OUTPUT_FORMAT_TX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | H, D, M, Y |
msg.ALB.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| msg.ALB.D_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.ALB.M_ch02.lonlat | previous_month | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.ALB.Y_ch02.lonlat | previous_year | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| Gridded cloud fractional cover | D, M, Y |
msg.CFC.D_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| msg.CFC.M_ch02.lonlat | previous_month | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.CFC.Y_ch02.lonlat | previous_year | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| Gridded global radiation | H, D, M, Y |
msg.SIS.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| msg.SIS.D_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.SIS.M_ch02.lonlat | previous_month | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.SIS.Y_ch02.lonlat | previous_year | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| ? | H |
msg.SISCF-No-Horizon.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| Gridded diffuse radiation | H, D, M, Y |
msg.SISDIF-No-Horizon.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| Gridded direct radiation | H, D, M, Y |
msg.SISDIR.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| msg.SISDIR.D_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.SISDIR.M_ch02.lonlat | previous_month | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.SISDIR.Y_ch02.lonlat | previous_year | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| ? | H |
msg.SISDIRCF-No-Horizon.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| ? | H, D, M, Y |
msg.SISDIR-No-Horizon.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| msg.SISDIR-No-Horizon.D_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.SISDIR-No-Horizon.M_ch02.lonlat | previous_month | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.SISDIR-No-Horizon.Y_ch02.lonlat | previous_year | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| ? | H |
msg.SISDNI-No-Horizon.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| ? | H, D, M, Y |
msg.SIS-No-Horizon.H_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
| msg.SIS-No-Horizon.D_ch02.lonlat | previous_day | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.SIS-No-Horizon.M_ch02.lonlat | previous_month | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF | ||
| msg.SIS-No-Horizon.Y_ch02.lonlat | previous_year | LL84 | EPSG:4326 | NETCDF |
There are files of data granularity ..., ..., ..., ... and update frequency hourly (now), daily (recent) or yearly (historical) for each station.
Data format is NetCDF with an estimated volume of 0.1 MB per file.
See example data files: ....
See example parameter metadata files of data granularity: ... and ....
See example station metadata file.
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' ....
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...
There are files of data granularity ..., ..., ..., ... and update frequency hourly (now), daily (recent) or yearly (historical) for each station.
Data format is ... with an estimated volume of ... MB per file.
See example data files: ....
See example parameter metadata files of data granularity: ... and ....
See example station metadata file.
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' ....
...
...
There are files of data granularity ..., ..., ..., ... and update frequency hourly (now), daily (recent) or yearly (historical) for each station.
Data format is CSV with an estimated volume of ... MB per file.
See example data files: ....
See example parameter metadata files of data granularity: ... and ....
See example station metadata file.
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' ....
...
| PERIOD_TX | BOUND_BOX_COORD_SYS_TX | OUTPUT_COORDSYS_TX | OUTPUT_FORMAT_TX | filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | RnormM9120 Normwert Monatsniederschalg 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | RnormY9120 Normwert Jahressniederschalg 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TnormM9120 Normwert Monats-Mitteltemperatur 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TnormY9120 Normwert Jahres-Mitteltemperatur 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TminnormM9120 Normwert Monats-Minimumtemperatur 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TminnormY9120 Normwert Jahres-Minimumtemperatur 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TmaxnormM9120 Normwert Monats-Maximumtemperatur 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | TmaxnormM9120 Normwert Jahres-Maximumtemperatur 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | SnormM9120 Normwert Monats-Sonnenscheindauer 1991-2020 |
| previous_day | CH1995 | EPSG:2056 | NETCDF | SnormY9120 Normwert Monats-Sonnenscheindauer 1991-2020 |
There are files of data granularity ..., ..., ..., ... and update frequency hourly (now), daily (recent) or yearly (historical) for each station.
Data format is ... with an estimated volume of ... MB per file.
See example data files: ....
See example parameter metadata files of data granularity: ... and ....
See example station metadata file.
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' ....
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There are files of data granularity ..., ..., ..., ... and update frequency hourly (now), daily (recent) or yearly (historical) for each station.
Data format is CSV with an estimated volume of ... MB per file.
See example data files: ....
See example parameter metadata files of data granularity: ... and ....
See example station metadata file.
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' ....