Parameters (metObs)

Name	Unit	Description	Data update frequency**	Available for Denmark	Available for Greenland
temp_dry	°C	Present air temperature measured 2 m over terrain	10 min	X	X
temp_dew	°C	Present dew point temperature measured 2 m over terrain	10 min	X	X
temp_mean_past1h	°C	Latest hour's mean air temperature measured 2 m over terrain	Hourly	X	X
temp_max_past1h	°C	Latest hour's maximum air temperature measured 2 m over terrain	Hourly	X	X
temp_min_past1h	°C	Latest hour's minimum air temperature measured 2 m over terrain	Hourly	X	X
temp_max_past12h	°C	Last 12 hours maximum air temperature measured 2 m above ground. Measured at 0600 and 1800 UTC.	Twice a day	X	X
temp_min_past12h	°C	Last 12 hours minimum air temperature measured 2 m above ground. Measured at 0600 and 1800 UTC.	Twice a day	X	X
temp_grass	°C	Present air temperature measured at grass height (5-20 cm over terrain)	10 min	X
temp_grass_max_past1h	°C	Latest hour's maximum air temperature measured at grass height (5-20 cm over terrain)	Hourly	X
temp_grass_mean_past1h	°C	Latest hour's mean air temperature measured at grass height (5-20 cm over terrain)	Hourly	X
temp_grass_min_past1h	°C	Latest hour's minimum air temperature measured at grass height (5-20 cm over terrain)	Hourly	X
temp_soil	°C	Present temperature measured at a depth of 10 cm	10 min	X
temp_soil_max_past1h	°C	Latest hour's maximum temperature measured at a depth of 10 cm	Hourly	X
temp_soil_mean_past1h	°C	Latest hour's mean temperature measured at a depth of 10 cm	Hourly	X
temp_soil_min_past1h	°C	Latest hour's minimum temperature measured at a depth of 10 cm	Hourly	X
humidity	%	Present relative humidity measured 2 m over terrain	10 min	X	X
humidity_past1h	%	Latest hour's mean for relative humidity measured 2 m over terrain	Hourly	X	X
pressure	hPa	Atmospheric pressure at station level	10 min	X	X
pressure_at_sea	hPa	Atmospheric pressure reduced to mean sea level	10 min	X	X
wind_dir	degree	Latest 10 minutes' mean wind direction measured 10 m over terrain. 0 means calm (see Codes (metObs))	10 min	X	X
wind_dir_past1h	degree	Latest hour's mean wind direction measured 10 m over terrain	Hourly	X	X
wind_speed	m/s	Latest 10 minutes' mean wind speed measured 10 m over terrain	10 min	X	X
wind_speed_past1h	m/s	Latest hour's mean wind speed measured 10 m over terrain	Hourly	X	X
wind_gust_always_past1h	m/s	Latest hour's highest 3 seconds mean wind speed measured 10 m over terrain	Hourly	X	X
wind_max	m/s	Latest 10 minutes' highest 3 seconds mean wind speed measured 10 m over terrain	10 min	X	X
wind_min_past1h	m/s	Latest hours lowest 3 second mean wind speed measured 10 m over terrain	Hourly	X	X
wind_min	m/s	Latest 10 minutes' lowest 3 seconds mean wind speed measured 10 m over terrain	10 min	X	X
wind_max_per10min_past1h	m/s	Maximum 10-minute average wind speed in the one hour period preceding the time of observation	Hourly	X	X
precip_past1h	kg/m²	Accumulated precipitation in the latest hour or the code -0,1, which means "traces of precipitation, less than 0.1 kg/m²". kg/m² is equivalent to mm. (see Codes (metObs))	Hourly	X	X
precip_past10min	kg/m²	Accumulated precipitation in the latest 10 minutes. kg/m² is equivalent to mm.	10 min	X	X
precip_past1min	kg/m²	Accumulated precipitation in the latest minute. kg/m² is equivalent to mm.	10 min	X
precip_past24h*	kg/m²	Accumulated precipitation in the latest 24 hours or the code -0,1, which means "traces of precipitation, less than 0.1 kg/m²". kg/m² is equivalent to mm. (see Codes (metObs))	Daily		X
precip_dur_past10min	minutes	Number of minutes with precipitation in the latest 10 minutes	10 min	X
precip_dur_past1h	minutes	Number of minutes with precipitation in the latest hour	Hourly	X
snow_depth_man	cm	Snow depth (measured manually) or the code -1, which means "less than 0.5 cm" (see Codes (metObs))	Daily	X
snow_cover_man	enum	Snow cover (measured manually), specified as quarters of the earth covered	Daily	X
visibility	m	Present visibility	10 min	X	X
visib_mean_last10min	m	Latest 10 minutes' mean visibility	10 min	X	X
cloud_cover	%	Total cloud cover or code (see Codes (metObs))	10 min	X	X
cloud_height	m	Height to the lowest clouds	10 min	X	X
weather	enum	Present weather (see Codes (metObs))	10 min	X	X
radia_glob	W/m²	Latest 10 minutes global radiation mean intensity	10 min	X	X
radia_glob_past1h	W/m²	Mean intensity of global radiation in the latest hour	10 min	X	X
sun_last10min_glob	minutes	Number of minutes with sunshine the latest 10 minutes	10 min	X
sun_last1h_glob	minutes	Number of minutes with sunshine the latest hour	Hourly	X
leav_hum_dur_past10min	minutes	Number of minutes with leaf moisture the latest 10 minutes	10 min	X
leav_hum_dur_past1h	minutes	Number of minutes with leaf moisture the latest hour	Hourly	X

*In Greenland the precipitation is at some locations measured manually once a day. Once a month DMI receives the data, whereafter the data will be available through our API-services.There can be some instances where precipitation has not been measured daily for different reasons. There can therefore be instances, where a measurement can cover the accumulated precipitation of more than a day. A way to detect whether a measurement covers more than one day's accumulated precipitation, if there are not any data for the previous day(s).

**Some stations in Greenland only send data on an hourly basis.

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