Australian maximum and minimum temperature data

At a glance

Daily maximum and minimum air temperature data for all stations across Australia.
A map of the stations .

Product details

The Australian daily maximum and minimum air temperature data CD ROM contains:

• Daily maximum and minimum air temperature data for 1,700 stations from the start of recording until the latest available.
• Data grouped according to the State of Australia in which the station is located.

Format

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

• Daily maximum and minimum air temperature data in comma separated ASCII text, with 1 day per record
• Brief notes describing some properties of the data and the formats of the data, as a text file
• Station details, as a text file

Cost

$113.00 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	IDCJDC04.200907
Title	Daily maximum and minimum air temperature data
Description	Daily maximum and minimum air temperature data for all stations across Australia. The commencement data of the stations varies, with the earliest records of temperature beginning in Melbourne in 1855. The mean length of the record is approximately 20 years. 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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