Belgium Automatic Weather Station Observations (AWS)
10-minute AWS observations: temperature, humidity, wind, shortwave radiation, precipitation, soil temperature at 4 depths
Overview
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Update frequency
- 10-minute
- Coverage start
- —
- Coverage end
- Ongoing
- API access
- No
- Python SDK
- Yes
- Geography
- BE
CC BY 4.0
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Schema preview
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| utc_time | timestamptz | Observation timestamp (UTC) |
| temperature_c | numeric | Air temperature (°C) |
| humidity_pct | numeric | Relative humidity (%) |
| pressure_hpa | numeric | Atmospheric pressure (hPa) |
| wind_speed_ms | numeric | Wind speed at 10m (m/s) |
| wind_gust_ms | numeric | Wind gust speed (m/s) |
| wind_direction_deg | numeric | Wind direction (degrees) |
| shortwave_radiation_w_m2 | numeric | Shortwave radiation (W/m²) |
| sunshine_s | numeric | Sunshine duration in interval (seconds) |
| precipitation_mm | numeric | Precipitation amount (mm) |
| soil_temp_5cm_c | numeric | Soil temperature at 5 cm (°C) |
| soil_temp_10cm_c | numeric | Soil temperature at 10 cm (°C) |
| soil_temp_20cm_c | numeric | Soil temperature at 20 cm (°C) |
| soil_temp_50cm_c | numeric | Soil temperature at 50 cm (°C) |
About RMI (KMI)
National Weather Service · Belgium
The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI; Dutch: Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut, KMI) is the Belgian federal scientific institution responsible for meteorological observations, forecasting, and climate research. It operates a network of surface and upper-air stations across Belgium and publishes historical climatological observations, homogenised climate series, and gridded precipitation datasets. Observational data is available through its open-data portal.
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