Daily Global Weather Measurements, 1929-2009

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Title of the dataset	Daily Global Weather Measurements, 1929-2009
Provenance of the dataset	http://aws.amazon.com/datasets/2759
How were the data collected/created? What was the cost?	Global summary of day data for 18 surface meteorological elements are derived from the synoptic/hourly observations contained in USAF DATSAV3 Surface data and Federal Climate Complex Integrated Surface Data (ISD). Historical data are generally available for 1929 to the present, with data from 1973 to the present being the most complete. For some periods, one or more countries' data may not be available due to data restrictions or communications problems.
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Outline of data	A collection of daily weather measurements (temperature, wind speed, humidity, pressure, etc.) from 9000+ weather stations around the world.
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