WeatherBank maintains its own, ever-expanding database of historical weather products. In most cases, these products are updated hourly from locations across the country and around the world. Each user has access to hourly weather reports, satellite images, radar maps, and more. Normally, products are stored on-line for the past twenty-four hours. Hourly weather reports are stored on-line for up to five days.

Please see the nws help file for more details on how to retrieve past hourly data online.

As a separate service, WeatherBank offers WeatherBrief® Archives. This service provides access to historic satellite images, Doppler radar displays, extensive climatic data, and worldwide surface weather observations from more than 40 years ago. WeatherBrief® Archives does carry a small additional charge, depending upon the amount of data requested, the amount of custom programming required (if any), the type of file format, and more. Our best suggestion is to call Customer Service for a complete discussion concerning your application.*

Information is available in a variety of formats: PCX or GIF format for graphic items, and ASCII text or EXCEL files for climatic data and surface observations. And with WeatherBank as your source for historical weather information, you benefit from our competitive prices, prompt service, and professional expertise.

* Please Note: Data availability varies widely from station to station, and also by data type. For specific details about your data request, see the information below or contact us by phone or e-mail. 

Why WeatherBrief® Archives?

  Same day Service
The information you need when you need it! Most orders placed in the morning can be shipped out that same business day! 

  Electronic Data Transfer
WeatherBrief Archives offers the advantage of receiving historical weather data via Internet FTP, e-mail, or fax. 

  Professional Meteorologists
Our meteorologists are standing by for consultation and professional interpretation of raw data. 

  Extensive Weather Information
 Hourly Reports for thousands of weather reporting stations worldwide. Most hourly reports include: temperature, dew point, wet bulb, relative humidity, sky cover, wind direction, wind speed, solar radiation (limited basis), global radiation (limited basis), and present weather for each reporting station. Data is available in three-hour increments from the mid-1940's through 1972, and in hourly increments from 1973 to present (1st order stations only).

  Hourly Precipitation Amounts are available for hundreds of stations across the country. In some limited cases, 15-minute Precipitation Amounts are also available. Data availability is subject to the period of record for each individual reporting station. Please call for more details on your particular request.

  Daily Reports are available for thousands of stations and include: temperature, precipitation, snowfall, and with some cases, pan evaporation. Data is available through the present and is subject to the period of record for each reporting station. Data requests for information after 12/31/95 may be subject to additional charge.

  Average and Extreme Data is also available for thousands of stations and includes: Average Daily Temperature, Precipitation, or Snowfall; and Average Monthly Temperature, Precipitation, or Snowfall; and Maximum or Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, or Snowfall for either the station's entire period of record, a particular year, or a particular month. Data is available through the present, and is subject to the period of record for each reporting station.




For a professional review of your application for historical weather data, please contact one of our Customer Service Representatives by e-mail at support@weatherbank.com or by calling 1-800-687-3562.

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