Belgium Synoptic Weather Observations (SYNOP)

Name: Belgium Synoptic Weather Observations (SYNOP)
Creator: RMI (KMI)
License: CC BY 4.0

3-hourly synoptic weather from 22 Belgian stations: temperature, wind, humidity, pressure, precipitation, solar radiation, cloud cover

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License: CC BY 4.0
Update frequency: 3-hourly
Coverage start: —
Coverage end: Ongoing
API access: No
Python SDK: Yes
Geography: BE

CC BY 4.0

You are free to share and adapt the data for any purpose, including commercially. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made. No additional restrictions may be applied to others exercising the rights granted by the licence.

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Column	Type	Description
utc_time	timestamptz	Observation timestamp (UTC)
temperature_c	numeric	Air temperature (°C)
temperature_min_c	numeric	Minimum temperature in period (°C)
temperature_max_c	numeric	Maximum temperature in period (°C)
wind_speed_ms	numeric	Mean wind speed (m/s)
wind_direction_deg	numeric	Wind direction (degrees)
wind_gust_ms	numeric	Peak gust speed (m/s)
humidity_pct	numeric	Relative humidity (%)
pressure_hpa	numeric	Sea-level pressure (hPa)
precipitation_mm	numeric	Precipitation amount (mm)
sunshine_s_24h	numeric	Sunshine duration last 24h (seconds)
solar_radiation_j_m2	numeric	Global shortwave radiation (J/m²)
cloud_cover_oktas	numeric	Total cloud cover (oktas)

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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