Need weather data in a hurry? Do you not need full archive sets? Order data by the day for quick download! Our holdings include SYNOP, METAR, Upper Air, satellite, and DIFAX charts going back many years. All files are provided hour by hour for easy plotting. You will need an unzip utility to open your downloads (which will be in .zip format).
Inventory
METAR:
1931-1973 — United States and Canada, all reporting stations, no remarks
1973-1998 — United States and Canada, all reporting stations with remarks
1998-CURRENT — Worldwide, all stations
SYNOP:
2002-CURRENT — Worldwide
Upper Air
1958-2001 — United States and Canada only
2002-CURRENT — Worldwide
NCEP DIFAX charts
1999-CURRENT — All charts
Satellite imagery
Satellite data is not available at this time, but you may download data from UCAR:
UCAR image archive
Radar composites
Official DIFAX radar composites are included until around the 2010s when they were discontinued. We recommend the
UCAR image archive
Download sample
Data for April 27, 2011, the date of the Super Outbreak: byday_20110427_sample.zip (57 MB)Products in a request will be similar to this but will depend greatly on the decade and year, and any data outages.
Pricing
The cost is $14.95 per DAY per PRODUCT TYPE. There is no shipping cost. Data will be placed on our web server for you to download at your convenience. If we cannot locate any data, your costs will be refunded.
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