Operational Automatic Weather Station (AWS)

2011-08-04 → ongoing pallas-sodankyla-stations FMI CC BY-NC 4.0

An operative weather station that provides official main weather parameters from Sodankylä Tähtelä station. Main weather parameters have been measured automatically since 2006-10-24 (operatively since 2008-02-04). All instruments and sensors at the station are calibrated annually.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Source https://litdb.fmi.fi/luo0015_data.php
Version 0.1
Temporal coverage 2011-08-04 → ongoing
Spatial coverage 67.366618°N, 26.628976°E
Station pallas-sodankyla-stations
Variable measured
  • Surface temperature (Celsius)
    Surface temperature
  • Height of the lowest cloud base or vertical visibility (Metre)
    Height of the lowest cloud base or vertical visibility
  • Height of the 2nd lowest cloud base (Metre)
    Height of the 2nd lowest cloud base
  • Height of the 3rd lowest cloud base (Metre)
    Height of the 3rd lowest cloud base
  • Height of the 4th lowest cloud base (Metre)
    Height of the 4th lowest cloud base
  • Snow depth (Centimetre)
    Snow depth
  • Total cloudiness (Null)
    Total cloudiness
  • Temperature (Celsius)
    Dry bulb air temperature typically measured 1.5 to 2 meters above ground
  • Dew point temperature (Celsius)
    Dew point temperature
  • Relative Humidity (Percentage)
    Relative humidity
  • Air pressure at sea level (Hectopascal)
    Air pressure at sea level
  • Air pressure at station level (Hectopascal)
    Air pressure at station level
  • Wind speed (Metre per second)
    Wind speed
  • Wind direction (Degree)
    Wind direction
  • Wind gust (Metre per second)
    Wind gust
  • Visibility (Metre)
    Visibility
  • Precipitation intensity (Millimetre per hour)
    Precipitation intensity
  • Precipitation intensity (Millimetre per hour)
    Precipitation intensity
  • Present weather (from automatic station) (Null)
    Present weather: WMO code 4680
Date published 2011-08-04
Status Public
Publisher FMI
Provider FMI