KNMI Rain Yearbooks 1932-1990 (digital scans)

This dataset contains digital scans of the KNMI rain yearbooks covering the period 1932–1990. The yearbooks include daily precipitation observations collected by the so-called volunteer network. Within this network, the amount of precipitation over the past 24 hours is measured daily at 08:00 UTC. Before 1932, these daily observations (or a subset thereof) were included in the Meteorological Yearbooks of the KNMI. Observers recorded their measurements on a special form, which was sent by post to the KNMI each month. There, the data were quality-checked and processed into meteorological and climatological products. Since 1990, observations have been submitted digitally on a daily basis and stored directly in a database. All validated precipitation observations from KNMI dating back to 1850 are available through the KNMI Data Platform (KDP) or the KNMI website.

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Datum (publicatie)
Date (Publication)
2025-08-21
Edition

1.0
Identifier
Citation identifier
urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::yearbook-daily-rainfall/1.0/
Purpose

Scanned to keep historical data available in the future.
Status
Status
compleet
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
contactpunt
Point of contact
Herzieningsfrequentie
Maintenance and update frequency
niet gepland
Not planned

DG Discovery Properties Vocabulary 1.0

  • Precipitation

  • Observations

  • Yearbook

  • Historic

  • Digital scans

  • Archive
Use limitation

no use limitations
(Juridische) toegangsrestrictie
Access constraints
anders
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Veiligheidsrestricties
Classification
vrij toegankelijk
Unclassified
Taal
Language
English
Karakterset
Character set
utf8
UTF8
Onderwerp
Topic category
  • klimatologie, meteorologie atmosfeer
    Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1932-01-01
End date
1990-12-31
Referentiesysteem identifier
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/0
Distribution format
Name Version

JPEG

1.0

ZIP

1.0
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
contactpunt
Point of contact

Digitale leverings opties
Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

landingpage

 		https://dataplatform.knmi.nl/catalog/datasets/index.html?x-dataset=yearbook-daily-rainfall&x-dataset-version=1.0

KNMI Data Platform
Niveau kwaliteitsbeschrijving
Hierarchy level
dataset
Dataset
Statement

KNMI hardcopy archive (Centraal Registratie Archief Waarnemingen, CRAW)

Metadata

Metadata ID
File identifier
236b4450-7e71-11f0-b6f5-3ac53960df03 XML
Taal
Metadata language
English
Karakterset
Character set
utf8
UTF8
Hierarchisch niveau
Hierarchy level
dataset
Dataset
Metadata datum
Date stamp
2026-01-09T14:30:00.639791Z
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115
Metadata standard version

ISO 19115:2003 NL Kernset 1.3 KNMI 2.1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
contactpunt
Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
Nederlands; Vlaams
Dutch; Flemish
Engels
English
utf8
UTF8
 
 

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