Australian hourly wind data

At a glance

All recorded wind speed and direction data for stations across Australia, some islands and the Antarctic.
A map of the stations.

Product details

The Australian hourly wind data CD ROM contains:

• Hourly wind data for approximately 1,740 stations from the start of recording until the latest available.
• Additional information to help describe the process behind the wind observations, including details on observational instructions, and a brief section on technical notes and further references.

A companion product, IDCJDC06, provides daily wind information including daily mean wind speed, wind gust and wind run data.

Format

Data is provided on CD ROM, comprising files in the following formats:

• Hourly wind data in comma separated ASCII text, compressed in ZIP format, with 1 observation per record;
• Brief notes describing some properties of the data and the formats of the data, as a text file;
• Station details, as text files

Cost

$126.00 including GST and postage within Australia

Download a sample

Sample files are available for download:

• Data file

Product metadata

The following metadata summary, and station details, provide information about the data. For example, information is provided about the station, including name, location (latitude/longitude) and length of the data record.

Product reference	IDCJHC01.200907
Title	Hourly wind data
Description	All recorded wind speed and direction data for stations across Australia, some islands and the Antarctic. The number of observations per day varies between sites, but is generally between 1 observation (usually 9am) and 8 observations per day (at three hourly intervals). Some stations do have gaps in the data record.
Custodian	Bureau of Meteorology
Geographic extent name(s)	Australia
Beginning/end dates	Start of recording to latest available
Update frequency	Second quarter of each calendar year
Scale/resolution	N/A

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Copyright and contact information

To order a copy of this product please contact:

Email	webclim@bom.gov.au
Telephone	03 9669 4082
Fax	03 9669 4515
Post	Data Services National Climate Centre GPO Box 1289 Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia

Please note that the copyright for any data supplied for the Bureau of Meteorology is held in the Commonwealth of Australia and the purchaser shall give acknowledgement of the source in reference to the data. Apart from dealings under the Copyright Act 1968, the purchaser shall not reproduce (electronically or otherwise), modify or supply (by sale or otherwise) these data without written permission from the supplier.

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