Totaliser precipitation stations
In supplement to manual precipitation stations in mountainous areas that are difficult to access, MeteoSwiss operates around 60 totalisers which record the volume of precipitation for an entire year (see section "Totaliser monitoring network – annual readings" here.
Totaliser precipitation data cover a so-called 'hydrological year', i.e. from 1 October to 30 September of the following year. They are therefore not comparable one-to-one with the annual totals of other precipitation datasets/collections.
Data download
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Download data automatically
Download files per station automatically via FSDI's REST API: https://data.geo.admin.ch/api/stac/v1/collections/ch.meteoschweiz.ogd-tot
Read our information on how you can obtain data automatically.
The STAC Browser can be a useful tool to facilitate the use of the API: https://data.geo.admin.ch/browser/index.html#/collections/ch.meteoschweiz.ogd-tot
Download data manually
Select and download files per station manually via MeteoSwiss' Open Data Explorer.
Data structure
- Files per station
The data is split by measuring station. A file for a station contains all available parameters in one file. There are files with yearly y values.
See e.g. files for station Mönchsgrat (MGR): ogd-tot_mgr_(data granularity)_(update frequency).csv.
Data format
CSV with an estimated volume of ≤0.6 MB per file.
Metadata
- Parameter
- Stations
- Data inventory
All parameters have a unique identifier that depends on the time resolution .
ogd-tot_meta_parameters.csv provides a list of all parameter identifiers with explanation, time interval, decimal places, data type and unit of measurement.
All stations have a three-letter identifier (e.g. BER for "Bern/Zollikofen" or LUG for "Lugano").
ogd-tot_meta_stations.csv provides a list of all station identifiers with name, Canton, Wigos ID, station type, altitude, coordinates, orientation and URL of the station details pages.
ogd-tot_meta_datainventory.csv provides a list of all stations and parameters with start and end date of the measurements.
Data usage
See e.g. MeteoSwiss' SwissMetNet network map.