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Historical Weather Archive Sets

Global Archives Lite + Global Upper Air Global Archives Lite is an economical collection of the most recent 5 years of Global Surface Archives data. For a limited time, you will also get Global Upper Archives 1945-2013 at no extra cost! This special deal expires on May 31. You may apply the Lifetime Updates option below if you wish to be eligible for updates. This product ships on DVD-Rs (3 for the Surface data and 2 for the Upper Air data). Period of record: January 1, 2008 to May 20, 2013 (Surface) and January 1, 1945 to April 30, 2013 (Upper Air) Format: METAR and SYNOP; plus TEMP (WMO FM 35), also known as TTAA/TTBB/PPBB, one file per hour, zipped by month Coverage area: Worldwide Detailed product information (surface) Detailed product information (upper air) Global Archives Lite ($79)

Global Surface Archives Global Surface Archives is an unprecedented archive consisting of almost a quarter terabyte of SYNOP and METAR data for the entire world. Recreate historical weather situations for anywhere in the world! This data is NOT available anywhere else and was constructed over a period of years from packed records on 9-track tapes. METAR remarks are available from 1975 onward, and data after 1998-2001 is seamlessly replaced with actual observations received over NOAAPORT. The SYNOP data includes regional 333 groups, and SHIP synoptics are included. The optional Professional Version adds a station collective volume so you can view trends in METAR and SYNOP data at any given station from day to day, and a decoded tabular volume so you can load data into Excel. Period of record: January 1, 1930 to March, 2013 Format: METAR (WMO FM 15), SYNOP (WMO FM 12), and SHIP (WMO FM 14), one file per hour, zipped by month Coverage area: Worldwide Detailed product information Global Surface Archives Standard ($195) Global Surface Archives Professional ($295)

Global Upper Archives UPDATED MAY 2013 Global Upper Archives is the largest collection of worldwide radiosonde data anywhere in the standard TTAA/TTBB/PPBB format. The data goes back as far as 1945. This data is NOT available anywhere else and was constructed over a period of years from packed records on 9-track tapes. Period of record: January 1, 1945 to April 30, 2013 Format: TEMP (WMO FM 35), also known as TTAA/TTBB/PPBB, one file per hour, zipped by month Coverage area: Worldwide Detailed product information Global Upper Archives ($149)

Total NCEP Total NCEP is a vast compilation of charts generated by NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction). This includes the official NCEP (NMC) 200, 300, 500, 700, and 850 mb analysis, surface charts, IFR/MVFR aviation charts, snow depth, 24-hour precipitation, maximum/minimum temperatures, and thickness. Also includes hemispheric charts of both northern and southern hemispheres. There are over 300,000 files totalling 28.8 GB! Note that chart availability varies by date; some charts were retired or phased in; others may be are unavailable. Comes on 4 DVD-R discs; not zipped, all graphics in GIF format. Period of record: January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2011 Format: GIF and JPEG images Coverage area: United States; some charts are for North America or the northern hemisphere Examples: View a sample date from Total NCEP Inventory: View the listing of this dataset (22 MB text file, zipped) to check for gaps (2 MB) Total NCEP ($149.00)

Total NWS Total NWS is a compilation of NWS alphanumeric text bulletins from all offices, including forecasts, nowcasts, SFD/AFD forecast discussions, climate summaries, warnings, special weather statements, and hurricane bulletins. The collection totals an astounding 75 gigabytes of text data! Essential for weather historians, forensic meteorologists, insurance companies, and researchers. Comes on 3 DVD-R discs; zipped by year/month. All bulletins nationwide of a specific type for a specific calendar date (2 am EST starts a new calendar date) are placed in one file. Content is plaintext (ASCII) format for easy reading or sorting. Period of record: December 2001 to December 31, 2011 1 Format: ASCII text, one file per day and product category, zipped by month Coverage area: All NWS offices in the United States Examples: View a sample from Total NWS (August 30, 2005, i.e. Katrina landfall date) Inventory: View the listing of this dataset to check for gaps 1 Data before June 2002 is limited to forecast discussions only. Before January 2004 data is limited to forecast discussions and warnings. Total NWS ($149.00)

ARGON ARGON is a database provided on an external USB hard drive containing MySQL tables of surface and upper air weather data for North America. It is constructed from actual METAR and radiosonde observations, allowing you to harness the power of MySQL to run queries on all available observational weather records for North America from over 2000 NWS, FAA, DoD, and Canada EC/DoT observation sites. You can quickly find averages, means, deviations, and extremes for temperature, wind direction, wind speed, wind gust, altimeter setting, sea-level pressure, weather, visibility, and much more. This is an essential tool for energy and insurance industry, researchers, and dedicated hobbyists. Period of record: January 1930 to June 2012 Format: MYSQL database on an external USB hard drive Coverage area: North America Special note: This product has no interface or software and requires basic knowledge of MySQL. A starter guide with a walkthrough and sample commands is included. Info & Ordering | ARGON ($1195)

Lifetime Updates Worried about missing out on updated disc sets? Pair the Lifetime Update option with your purchase and you will receive FREE updates on ALL archive disc sets (does not apply to Argon) long as we continue to produce archive products. Updates occur at least once per year and we are working towards issuing semiannual and quarterly updates. There is no requirement to buy Lifetime Updates now; you may add this at a later date. The price we charge helps subsidize our incurred costs for duplication, packaging, and shipping. Updates are not automatically shipped; when an update is desired, you must initiate a request and confirm your address. Many customer addresses change over the course of several years and in some cases the updates are not wanted, so this method helps keep our losses down from postage returns and unwanted goods. We reserve the right to make minor changes to the disk sets, including changes in file naming structures and content. Lifetime Updates (U.S. customers) ($49/product) SPECIAL NOTE: Requests for updates shipping to destinations outside the U.S. will incur a per-package charge of actual postage ($19.95 for Canada; $23.95 elsewhere) to cover the significantly increased postage fees.