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Met Office UK Marine Observations

atmosphere csv geospatial precipitation weather

Description

Marine surface weather observations for 32 parameters from 69 locations across the Met Office marine observation network. Observations are available for a rolling 7-day period (168 hours). The data is available as CSV files.

The data comes from moored buoys, light vessels and ships with automatic weather stations onboard. Buoys and light vessels are static and you can view their locations on the Met Office Marine Observations page. You can use the data to monitor the latest weather affecting a specific marine location so you can plan for your business or operations.

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Update Frequency

Every hour, at 15 minutes past the hour, we retrieve a single set of parameter values for each location. For example, at 12:15 new data is retrieved for observations collected between 11:00 and 12:00. This is due to the quality checks required to verify data for public consumption and global network latency.

License

British Crown copyright 2024-2025, the Met Office, is licensed under CC BY-SA

Documentation

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/data/external-data-channels

Managed By

Met Office

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Contact

servicedesk@metoffice.gov.uk. Service desk is only available Mon – Fri, 09:00 until 17:00 UTC (-1 hour during BST). As a non-operational service we aim to respond to any service support enquiries within 3-5 business days.

How to Cite

Met Office UK Marine Observations was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/met-office-uk-marine-observations.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

Resources on AWS

  • Description
    Met Office UK Marine Observations
    Resource type
    S3 Bucket
    Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
    arn:aws:s3:::met-office-marine-observations-data
    AWS Region
    eu-west-2
    AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
    aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://met-office-marine-observations-data/
    Explore
    Browse bucket
  • Description
    Notifications for new UK marine observations data
    Resource type
    SNS Topic
    Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
    arn:aws:sns:eu-west-2:633885181284:met-office-marine-observations-data-object_created
    AWS Region
    eu-west-2

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