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Weather Forecast 0% open

Nepal


What data is expected?

3-day forecasts of temperature, precipitation and wind. Forecasts have to be provided for several regions in the country. Short-term weather forecasts are relevant for the general public to plan activities, while also being reliable. See our methodology section for more information.

  • Temperature extremes
  • Temperature average
  • Wind speed
  • Wind direction
  • Precipitation Amount
  • Precipitation Probability
  • Forecast for current day and four following days

How open is the data?

Following data is provided online: Maximum Temp.(°C), Minimum Temp.(°C), 24 hrs Rainfall(mm), Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Sunrise, Sunset. The data cannot be downloaded at once. A client (user) needs to login before he/she can download the pdf formatted dataset. Yet there is no any sign up option for general users.

The submission was not accepted because the website of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (https://www.mfd.gov.np/) only publishes forecast data for the current day online. There is a data request form available at: https://dhm.gov.np/uploads/forms/952477067Meteorological%20data%20request%20Form.pdf Users need to indicate their use purpose. The "time period" field in the form suggests that only observational, historical data can be requested at: https://dhm.gov.np/uploads/forms/952477067Meteorological%20data%20request%20Form.pdf Thank you, Manish Marahatta, for contributing to the Global Open Data Index.

Data location   Unknown
Data licence   Unknown
Data format   Unknown
Reviewer   Danny Lämmerhirt
Submitters   Danny Lämmerhirt
Last modified   Sun Mar 12 2017 10:21:20 GMT+0000 (UTC)

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Danny Lämmerhirt

Submitters

  • Danny Lämmerhirt
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