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Datafeeds Catalogue

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Contents

Instructions

  • Click on the 'Info' and 'Sample' buttons to find out more about the products.
  • Check the 'Request data' box next to the product(s) you would like to purchase. For city forecasts, enter the number of cities you would like to be licenced for.
  • Enter your details in the form at the bottom of the page.
  • Read the terms and conditions, and check the box if you agree to them.
  • Click on the 'Submit' button to send us your request.
  • We will contact you to arrange payment for, and delivery of, the requested products.
  • A key and glossary of terms can be found at the bottom of this page.
  • If you have any queries about the datafeeds, please contact our customer centre.
Use this form to find out about and order the datafeeds
Datafeed name and description Format Info Sample Price
Exc VAT		 Request Data

UK Forecast for next 24 hours		 Text, XML UK national forecast information UK national forecast sample £550

Regional UK forecasts for next 24 hours, for 15 regions.		 Text, XML UK regional forecasts information UK regional forecasts sample £550

Severe weather warnings or local and unitary authority areas.		 Text UK severe weather warnings information UK severe weather warnings sample £550

Forecast for inshore water areas around coastline of UK.		 Text, XML UK inshore waters information UK inshore waters forecast sample £550

Forecast for shipping areas around UK, from Iceland to Spain.		 Text, XML UK shipping forecast information Uk shipping forecast sample £550

Forecast of max. and min. temperature and weather for each day out to five days for 4,300 cities worldwide, including 300 UK cities. 		Text, XML 4,300 world cities five-day forecast information 4,300 world cities five-day forecast sample £550

Actual observations for 60 UK locations.		 Colon delimited UK land observations information UK land observations sample £4,120

Three-hourly observations of wind speed and direction, temperature, significant weather, visibility, pressure and pressure tendency, and humidity for around 3,000 locations worldwide.		 Text Latest world observations information Latest world observations sample £550

Forecast of temperature, weather, wind speed and direction, cloud cover and sea state in three-hourly timesteps for the first two days, then six-hourly timesteps for the next three days. 		Comma delimited UK cities detailed five-day forecasts information UK cities detailed five-day forecasts sample £550

Actual max. and min. temperature and weather for 171 global locations. 		Text - fixed width World cities current weather information World cities current weather sample £550

Visible satellite image covering Atlantic and Europe.		 JPEG European visible satellite information European visible satellite sample £2,965

Infrared satellite image covering Atlantic and Europe.		 JPEG European infrared satellite information European infrared satellite sample £2,965

Weather at time of issue and forecast for the next 6 hours in hourly time steps. Forecast elements include wind speed, direction, percentage probability of rain, visibility, wind gust, temperature, cloud cover and precipitation type.		 Text Time and place information Time and place sample £5,000

Solar UV index for UK and world cities		 Text UV forecast information UV forecast sample £550

Prices are for a 1-year subscription unless otherwise stated.

Information that the Met Office requires:

For the Met Office to set up a service for you we require customer details for both the writing of the contract and the technical set-up of the service.

When you decide you want to subscribe to a service you will be sent a copy of our Standard Terms and Conditions, along with the Standard Form of Contract (please note as a rule no amendments to our Standard Terms and Conditions are permitted). Once you have had the opportunity to read the Standard Terms and Conditions document and the Standard Form of Contract and have decided that you are happy with all enclosed within then you will need to sign the contract and return it to the Met Office.

On receiving the signed Standard Form of Contract, we will take the technical details that you have supplied and set up the service for you. Once the service has been set up an invoice will be despatched with a 30-day payment period.

Customer Details:

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Symbol Set

If you are requesting UK or World city datafeeds, and you would like to use the Met Office , please check the box here.

Other Information

If you would like other information, or if you wish to discuss our services, please check the box here.

Data Protection Act

The Met Office is an Executive Agency of the UK Ministry of Defence. The Met Office is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998.

The Met Office takes the privacy of its customers very seriously. Any personal information that you provide through this site will be dealt with in accordance with the Met Office Privacy policy.

Conditions on the use of the data

Prices quoted above are for single website use only - please contact our customer centre to discuss other arrangements.

You must read and agree to our standard terms and conditions for the use of this data before you submit this form.

The UK national and regional forecast datafeed services are products produced by the Public Weather Service (PWS). Although this service is permitted to be delivered to commercial users for use on their websites and intranet sites, you should be aware that the Public Weather Service could change aspects of the service, including the format, delivery times and content. We will try to notify you as soon as possible of any changes, but it is the service delivery mechanism that you are paying for and not the actual content. The Public Service script delivery times are nominal only and other weather events may delay their routine time of issue.

Met Office Link Button

Data supplied by the Met OfficeThis image should be used on websites that use Met Office data and linked to http://www.metoffice.gov.uk

The button may be downloaded by right-clicking on the image and selecting the save image option. If you have any problems please contact enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk.

Here is the HTML you could use to add this icon to your Web page:

<a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk"> <img src="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/newmedia/datafeed/metbutton_lrg.gif" alt="www.metoffice.gov.uk"></a>

If you like, you can download a copy of this image to keep in your local web directory, and change the HTML fragment above to reference your local image rather than the one on this server.

Key/Glossary

information key image Click on the 'Info' button to see the detailed product specification.

Image for key Click on the 'Sample' button to see an example of the product (in a pop-up window). A sample of the actual datafeed product can be downloaded from the relevant information page.

CSV - Comma Separated Variables (also referred to as Comma Delimited)

XML - Extensible Markup Language

JPEG - Joint Photographics Experts Group (image format)

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format (image format)

Symbol set - Basic graphics package (in zipped format) containing the standard Met Office weather symbols and regional maps. The symbol set is available if purchasing the 4,000 world cities, UK regional or UK cities detailed five-day forecasts. To request the symbol set, please check the appropriate box on the form above.

Customer enquiries

If you have any queries about the datafeeds, please contact our customer centre.