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Weather - METAR archive file
Here's a link to an archive of weather METARS accrued over the last couple of years. I intended writing a program to analyse the data and give some basic statistics (such as average weather for time of year, etc.), but alas, I have not applied any effort yet. However, I've found the file useful when keeping my flying log. It's worth noting the weather conditions when you fly and this is a nice brief, succinct report format to add to your diary. There are a few holes in the data, but it's pretty much complete. I was also going to develop an online flying log for Club members to use as they wish - I need some interest/encouragement though.
The METAR archive file is a standard txt/csv data format (it may be opened with a spreadsheet application or simple text editor).
It has been compressed in a zip file to reduce it's size for download archive_METAR.zip Last updated: 3 June 2009