Nordpolar Weather Archive

Historical weather observations from Scandinavian stations, rescued and preserved.

Datasets

Each dataset is one station series. Files are provided as CSV (daily values, UTF-8, comma-separated) and, for the larger series, as NetCDF-4 following the CF conventions. Sizes below refer to the CSV edition. A full mirror of the archive, including metadata records in JSON, is regenerated on the first Sunday of each month.

IDStationCountryPeriodRecordsVariables
NP-0001Bergen — FloridaNorway1862–202459,310T, P, RR, wind
NP-0042Tromsø lighthouseNorway1911–193819,724T, P, cloud
NP-0077Abisko Scientific StationSweden1913–202340,118T, RR, snow
NP-0103Uppsala — University roofSweden1881–197634,902T, P, RR
NP-0156Turku — ArtukainenFinland1901–199936,141T, RR, snow
NP-0188Sodankylä observatoryFinland1908–202442,377T, P, RR, wind, snow
NP-0205Rønne — BornholmDenmark1901–197527,369T, RR, wind
NP-0211Vardø coastal stationNorway1923–198723,540T, P, wind, cloud

Variables: T — mean/min/max temperature (°C); P — mean sea-level pressure (hPa); RR — precipitation (mm); wind — mean speed and prevailing direction; snow — snow depth (cm) at 07 UTC. Missing values are written as empty fields; the original journal entry is never silently interpolated.

Requesting journal scans

Scans are held by our partner library and are supplied for research use on request. Write to the archive contact address with the dataset identifier and the date range you need; please allow two weeks for delivery during term time.