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worldmet

open source tools to access NOAA meteorological observations

worldmet provides an easy way to access data from the NOAA Global Historical Climate Network and the NOAA Integrated Surface Database (ISD). The GHCN contains detailed surface meteorological data from around the world for over 35,000 locations. The data available through the package work very well with the openair package.

Part of the openair toolkit

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install.packages('worldmet')

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1.0.0

License

MIT + file LICENSE

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Maintainer

David Carslaw

Last Published

February 2nd, 2026

Functions in worldmet (1.0.0)

import_isd_stations_live

Obtain site meta data from NOAA server
import_isd_stations

Import station metadata for the Integrated Surface Databse
import_ghcn_stations

Import station metadata for the Global Historical Climatology Network
import_ghcn_countries

Import FIPS country codes and State/Province/Territory codes used by the Global Historical Climatology Network
getMeta

Deprecated ISD access functions
import_isd_hourly

Import Meteorological data from the NOAA Integrated Surface Database (ISD)
import_ghcn_inventory

Import station inventory for the Global Historical Climatology Network
exportADMS

Deprecated data functions
import_isd_lite

Import "Lite" Meteorological data from the NOAA Integrated Surface Database (ISD)
import_ghcn_monthly_temp

Import data from the Global Historical Climatology monthly (GHCNm) database
import_ghcn_daily

Import data from the Global Historical Climatology daily (GHCNd) database
import_ghcn_hourly

Import data from the Global Historical Climatology hourly (GHCNh) database
weatherCodes

Codes for weather types
write_adms

Export a meteorological data frame in ADMS format
write_met

Export a meteorological data frame in files, chunked by site and year
worldmet-package

worldmet: Import Surface Meteorological Data from NOAA