This page describes Land Surface Observation data from the Met Office .
Daily measurements form a long-term record of historical weather conditions.
In contrast, hourly measurements allow the analysis of current weather systems with hourly resolution. The daily data is available from UK stations in 110 UK counties over the period 1853 to July 2000. The hourly data is for now available from stations in 110 UK counties from 1983 to July 2000. But the BADC intend to progressively retrieve Met Office hourly data back to 1900 to produce a new consistent unique dataset of land surface observations. The Met Office wish to monitor the use of this data and require an acknowledgement of the data source if they are used in any publication.