External Data Sources
A list of online data sources that emphasises modern observational data.
Present-day climate averages are disseminated.
Contains meteorological observations for a lot of stations some years back. Actual weather is added to the time series. (Only in German)
Provides climatic global maps of 1961 - 1990 averages and for some specific stations data of temperature and precipitation. (Only in German)
The climate information system of the DWD "Klimainformationssystem (KLIS)" provides selected climate data and data products. (Parts of the information is additionally available in English.)
The climate reports "Klimastatusberichte" summarise climate and weather conditions in Germany for the years 1997 - present compared to the 30 year mean 1960-1990. Reports are online available in the archive as PDF, partly as HTML files. (Only in German.)
Wetterkarten-Archiv: Auf dieser Seite finden Sie tägliche Wetterkarten der Luftdruckverteilung für die gesamte Nord- und Südhemisphäre, die bis ins Jahr 1960 zurückreichen. Dabei ist über ein Script die individuelle Auswahl von Tag, Region und Isobarenabstand möglich. (Quelle: CPC/NCEP von NOAA, USA)
Klimadaten-Archiv: Es beinhaltet die Verteilungen der Temperaturanomalien einzelner Monate 1895 - 1995 und der Niederschlagsanomalien einzelner Monate 1900 - 1993 für den gesamten nord- und südhemisphärischen Sektor. Die minimalste Auflösung beträgt 5° x 5°. (Quelle: NCDC von NOAA, USA)
BSH's Marine Climatology Section provides information on ocean data with emphasis on North sea, Baltic sea and polar sea ice.
This project has started in April 2001 and will continue until May 2002. The main objective of this EUMETNET project can be defined as follows:
"…the distribution of climate data sets on daily amount of precipitation and daily temperature (minimum, mean, maximum) for as many as possible European countries during the period 1901-2000 via CD-ROM and the Internet…firstly, the "EUMETNET" part of the ECA data set will be made accessible while additional climate data, collected within the framework of ECD, will be disseminated in a second phase of this project…"

