The Global Historical Climatology Network

Weather Station Inventory

As described by The Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN): GHCN is an integrated database of climate summaries from land surface stations across the globe that have been subjected to a common suite of quality assurance reviews. The data are obtained from more than 20 sources. Some data are more than 175 years old while others are less than an hour old.

As of Version: 3.27-upd-2019081018, there are 113,933 stations in the archive. We can search for stations by location and for the measurements that are available. This search tool currently limits the measurements to the five primary results: Precipitation, Maximum Temperature, Minimum Temperature, Snowfall, and Snow Depth.

Menne, M.J., I. Durre, B. Korzeniewski, S. McNeal, K. Thomas, X. Yin, S. Anthony, R. Ray, R.S. Vose, B.E.Gleason, and T.G. Houston, 2012: Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily (GHCN-Daily), Version 3.27.

Use the menus below to filter on the GHCN stations.

Results will be displayed in the map and table below. The data for each station can be downloaded through a link in the station's map marker. The map will be empty if no weather stations satisfy the search parameters.

  • Earliest year should be an integer between 1763 and 2019.
    Please choose a year.
  • Latest year should be an integer between 1763 and 2019 and not less than earliest year.
    Please choose a year.
  • Degrees longitude should be between -180 and 180.
    Please choose a longitude.
  • Degrees latitude should be between -90 and 90.
    Please choose a latitude.
  • Search radius should be number greater than 0.
    Please choose a radius.

Results

GSN: Global Climate Oberserving System Surface Network; HCN: U.S. Historical Climatology Network; WMO: World Meteorological Organization ID.

Station Latitude Longitude Elevation Country State Name GSN HCN WMO Distance