This data set contains daily and scheduled observations for a wide range of meteorological and climatological parameters. The three climate observation dates (I, II, III) have changed over time in Austria. Until 1971, the climate observation times were set at 7, 14 and 21 o'clock MOZ, from 1971 to 2003 at 7, 14 and 19 o'clock MOZ, and since 2003 at 7, 14 and 19 o'clock MEZ. The date values are the current measurements or observations at the specified times. The daily values are sums (e.g. precipitation), averages (e.g. air pressure), minimums or maximums (e.g. air temperature) over 24 hours. Some of the measurement data in the dataset has been available since the 18th century (e.g. temperature values for Vienna since 1775). In the past, data was recorded at manual weather stations by visual observation or by reading instruments. Since the 1980s, these manual stations have been gradually replaced by (semi-)automatic measuring stations (TAWES). Today, the GeoSphere Austria station network comprises around 260 measuring stations that automatically record most meteorological variables. In addition, many weather stations continue to observe weather and climate-related parameters visually, which are stored in this data set. These standardised and continuous climatological observations enable the atmospheric conditions to be recorded. Long climatological measurement series allow the climate to be analysed and conclusions to be drawn about climate change. The climate and measuring stations of GeoSphere Austria cover all climate regions and altitudes in Austria. The quality status of individual parameters can be found in the corresponding quality flags with the name extension _flag. The data set is updated every 10 minutes based on the archived databases, although retroactive changes may occur due to data verification.
The scope of this data set is continuously expanded through the digitisation of historical documents and data. The resulting data series are therefore not necessarily continuous. There may be large gaps between very old and newer data in the series, which can only be closed through further digitisation.

Further reading
- Description of quality flags

Resources