The National Library’s collection contains historic and more recent weather and climate data as well as information about data collection and analysis. Reputable weather and climate data is also available online.

The National Library holds or provides access to a variety of material containing weather and climate data, including the Mariners Weather Log and the Monthly Weather Review.

For advice on how to access these materials, see Searching for weather and climate.

Online data

Weather and climate data is available online from a number of reputable sources. You will find a selection of these listed below.

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Meteorologist Neville Martin releases a large white weather balloon into a blue sky in Antarctica. the ground is snowy.
Felicity Jenkins, n.d., Meteorology Weather Forecaster Neville Martin Releases the Evening Weather Balloon Which Collects Data or Local Atmospheric and Weather Conditions Around Davis Station, Antarctica, 9 November 1997, nla.cat-vn796188