Digitalized station metadata archive with historical coverage (Up to 2015)
This dataset contains metadata documenting the main non-climatic changes that may affect an observational record from a weather station. The dataset covers KNMI automatic weather stations (AWS), a selection of KNMI precipitation stations, and historical stations/series (observations that were mostly carried out by private individuals before the establishment of KNMI). The dataset has been updated up to approximately 2015. The metadata describes, in timeline form, among other things, major station relocations, sensors and measurement setups used, the transition from manual to automatic observations, and changes in observing practices. This information supports the interpretation of possible breaks or inhomogeneities in the time series and is important for homogenisation, trend analysis, and the correct interpretation of long-term climate data, as it helps distinguish between climate signals and measurement artifacts.
The data is available using the link in supplemental information, the HTML files in the HTML_files folder, and via JSON files.
Simple
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-03-09
- Edition
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1.0
- Citation identifier
- urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::digitalized-weather-station-metadata-archive/1.0/
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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DG Discovery Properties Vocabulary 1.0
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Climate
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Automatic weather stations
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Metadata
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Archive
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- Use limitation
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This dataset has not received any updates since 2015 and there are no plans to update it further.
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1762-01-01
- End date
- 2015-05-21
- Supplemental Information
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This dataset is based on an archived link to an older version of the KNMI website. Since it reflects a historical version, the data may be outdated, incomplete, or no longer accurate. We therefore provide no guarantees regarding the reliability, completeness, or accuracy of this information. Please use this data with caution. The archived website can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20150720063633/http://www.knmi.nl/klimatologie/metadata/stationslijst.html. This information is only available in Dutch .
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326
- Distribution format
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Name Version HTML
4
JSON
1.0
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
Point of contact
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name landingpage
https://dataplatform.knmi.nl/catalog/datasets/index.html?x-dataset=digitalized-weather-station-metadata-archive&x-dataset-version=1.0 KNMI Data Platform
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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The sources for the KNMI data in this dataset are the Station Metadata Archive (digital scans of the paper archive) ( https://dataplatform.knmi.nl/dataset/weather-station-metadata-archive-1-0) and the current digital Station Information System (SAIS). The sources for the historical stations/series are the publications of Van Engelen and Geurts. The metadata may be incomplete and reflects the current state of digitisation.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 2af84d5c-1256-11f1-b077-45cae58dbdb3 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-04-30T07:42:10.967853Z
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003 NL Kernset 1.3 KNMI 2.1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
Point of contact
- Other language
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Language Character encoding Dutch; Flemish English UTF8
Overviews
Spatial extent
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