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Bureau of Meteorology lists 55 datasets on data.gov.au and data.nsw.gov.au. 13 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.
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55 datasetsThese are the datasets Bureau of Meteorology lists on data.gov.au and data.nsw.gov.au. A vote asks us to serialise one. Only the licence can stop us, so a dataset without an open licence cannot take a vote.
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| Water Data OnlineWater Data Online provides free access to nationally consistent, current and historical water data (and related information) that is collected by the Bureau of Meteorology under the Water Regulations (2008). It allows users to view and download standardised data and reports… | HTML, PDF, SPATIAL VIEWER, XML | CC-BY | 2026-02-11 | |
| Australian Gridded Solar Climatology Web Data ServicesThese datasets are long term averages of solar radiation at the surface over the Australian land mass. Applications of these data include solar energy, agriculture, building thermal design and water balance modelling. Climatologies are given for two radiation parameters: the… | HTML, PDF, SPATIAL VIEWER, WMS +1 | CC-BY | 2025-10-08 | |
| Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric)The Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric) is a specialised Geographic Information System (GIS). It identifies the spatial relationships of important hydrological features such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, dams, canals and catchments. By detailing the spatial… | API, HTML, PDF, SPATIAL VIEWER +3 | CC-BY | 2025-10-08 | |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - Electrical Conductivity of surface water @ 25CThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | 3rd party licence | 2025-10-08 | licence not open |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - pH of surface waterThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | 3rd party licence | 2025-10-08 | licence not open |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - RainfallThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | 3rd party licence | 2025-10-08 | licence not open |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - Storage LevelThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | 3rd party licence | 2025-10-08 | licence not open |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - Storage VolumeThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | 3rd party licence | 2025-10-08 | licence not open |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - Temperature of surface waterThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | 3rd party licence | 2025-10-08 | licence not open |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - Turbidity of surface waterThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | 3rd party licence | 2025-10-08 | licence not open |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - Watercourse DischargeThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | CC-BY-3.0 | 2025-10-08 | |
| Water Regulations Data (BoM) - Watercourse LevelThe Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) receives water data, measured at stations around Australia, from organisations named in the Water Regulations (2008). Time series data collected from approximately 6500 measurement stations across Australia are available. This includes the… | GEOJSON, PDF | 3rd party licence | 2025-10-08 | licence not open |
| Superseded Geofabric Groundwater Cartography V2.1.1The Geofabric Groundwater Cartography product is a first pass national groundwater dataset bringing together existing groundwater mapping by collating and integrating the 'best' available, Commonwealth, state and regional groundwater mapping datasets across Australia. Although… | HTML, PDF, XML, ZIPPED ESRI FILE GEODATABASE | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-12-15 | |
| Superseded Geofabric Hydrology Reporting Catchments V2.1.1Geofabric Hydrology Reporting Catchments comprises two related views of hydrological catchments to be used for analysis and reporting purposes. Firstly, a topological network view of hydrological catchments represented as a simplified node-link network using a subset of the… | HTML, PDF, XML, ZIPPED ESRI FILE GEODATABASE | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-12-15 | |
| Superseded Geofabric Hydrology Reporting Regions V2.1.1Geofabric Hydrology Reporting Regions is derived from aggregations of contracted catchments from Geofabric Hydrology Reporting Catchments. This product contains two candidate reporting regions, namely AWRA Drainage Division for national scale reporting purposes and River Region… | HTML, PDF, XML, ZIPPED ESRI FILE GEODATABASE | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-12-15 | |
| Superseded Geofabric Surface Cartography V2.1.1The Geofabric Surface Cartography product provides a set of related feature classes to be used as the basis for the production of consistent hydrological cartographic maps. This product contains a geometric representation of the (major) surface water features of Australia… | HTML, PDF, XML, ZIPPED ESRI FILE GEODATABASE | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-12-15 | |
| Superseded Geofabric Surface Catchments V2.1.1The Geofabric Surface Catchments product is derived from the National Catchment Boundaries (NCB) V1.1.4. This data defines a catchment for every stream segment containd within the Geofabric Surface Network product according to the GEODATA Nine Decond Digitial Elevation Model… | HTML, PDF, XML, ZIPPED ESRI FILE GEODATABASE | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-12-15 | |
| Superseded Geofabric Surface Network V2.1.1The Geofabric Surface Network product provides a set of related feature classes to be used as the basis for production of consistent hydrological surface stream network analysis. This product contains a topographically consistent representation of the (major) surface water… | HTML, PDF, XML, ZIPPED ESRI FILE GEODATABASE | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-12-15 | |
| Australia Ocean 3D Bluelink Forecast Data SampleThis is a three-dimensional forecast of ocean state from the sea surface to the deep ocean. The OceanMAPS model is a Bureau of Meteorology operational global ocean forecast system with 0.1 degree horizontal resolution and variable vertical resolution. This model was build with… | APPLICATION, PDF, X-NETCDF | CC-BY-NC-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Australian Baseline Sea Level Monitoring Project: Cape Ferguson StationThe National Tidal Centre maintains a SEAFRAME (SEA-Level Fine Resolution Acoustic Measuring Equipment) station at Cape Ferguson as part of an array of fourteen standard stations, and two supplementary stations (Lorne and Stony Point), which are owned by port operators. The… | HTML, PDF | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Australian Government environmental information products and servicesThis dataset contains a list of environmental information products and services that have relevance to Australian Government and its stakeholders. It is produced and maintained for the Bureau of Meteorology's Environmental Information Products and Services Directory (available… | CSV | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution StationThe Cape Grim program, established by the Australian Government to monitor and study global atmospheric composition, is a joint responsibility of the Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The Cape Grim Baseline Air… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Common Alerting Protocol - Australia ( CAP-AU-STD ) - warnings data - XML encoding standardFor the authoritative metadata record for the CAP-AU standard, see: http://www.bom.gov.au/metadata/19115/ANZCW0503900539. For further information about the CAP-AU standard, please contact the CAP-AU Custodian at [email protected] or visit http://purl.org/cap-au/web/About.shtml… | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open | |
| Historical rainfall and temperature forecast and observations hourly data - Weather forecasting verification data (2015-05 to 2016-04)Historical rainfall and temperature forecast and observations hourly data (2015-05 to 2016-04), used to compare and verify forecasting. Observations data is from a sample of 518 automatic weather stations (AWS) over land, and is at the surface level. Data has been aggregated… | HTML, PDF, ZIP | CC-BY-SA-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| IMOS - SRS Satellite Sea Surface Temperature (SST) sub-facilityAs part of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), the Australian Bureau of Meteorology produce high-resolution satellite sea surface temperature (SST) products over the Australian region, designed to suit a range of operational and research applications. All these… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel Fantasea Wonder (Whitsundays Ferry)This dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of the Merchant Vessel Fantasea Wonder (callsign: VJQ7467) between Shute Harbour and Hardy Reef. Data available from the vessel are skin and bulk SST from two types of sensors… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel Iron YandiThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel Iron Yandi (callsign VNVR). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is installed in the engine compartment and its depth is varied from 1 to 10… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel OOCL PanamaThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel OOCL Panama (callsign VRDU8). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is located 8.2m below the summer load line. Observed data are 1-minute… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel RTM WakmathaThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel RTM Wakmatha (callsign 9V2768). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is located 8-9 m when vessel is laden (Gladstone to Weipa) and 3-4 m… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel StadaconaThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel Stadacona (callsign C6FS9). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is installed in the engine compartment and its depth is varied from 2 to 7… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel Wana BhumThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel Wana Bhum (callsign HSB3403). This data stream has now been discontinued (April 2013). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is installed in… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel Xutra BhumThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel Xutra Bhum (callsign HSB3402). This data stream has now been discontinued (April 2013). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is installed in… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the MV Pacific CelebesThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of the MV Pacific Celebes (callsign VRZN9). SST is measured by two different types of sensors. One is Aanderaa 4050, 3 of which are installed in a water tank in the engine room, and a… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the PV Pacific SunThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of the PV Pacific Sun (callsign 9HA2479). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is installed in the engine compartment at the depth of 3 metres. SST data (along… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Research Vessel L'AstrolabeEnhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) aims to supply near real-time SST data (within 24 hours) from SOOPs and research vessels in the Australian region. The data files contain SST underway observations from an SBE 38 sensor… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Research Vessel L'Astrolabe (1-minute averaged)Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) aims to supply near real-time SST data (within 24 hours) from SOOPs and research vessels in the Australian region. The data files contain SST underway observations from an SBE 38 sensor… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Research Vessel R.V. LinnaeusThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of the Research Vessel RV Linnaeus (callsign: VHW6005) from its occasional trips within 200 nm from Hillarys Boat Harbour, WA. Bulk SST is processed from SBE38 calibrated digital… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facilityThe Sea Surface Temperature (SST) sub-facility aims to enable accurate, quality controlled, SST data to be supplied in near real-time (within 24 hours) from SOOPs and research vessels in the Australian region. Remotely sensed sea surface temperature (SST) data is an important… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS-SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel Spirit of Tasmania IIThe data files contain SST underway observations from an SBE 48 hull-contact temperature sensor collected on trips of a ferry participating in the Australian Volunteer Observing Fleet (MV Spirit of Tasmania II - VNSZ) between Melbourne (Victoria) and Devonport (Tasmania). The… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS-SOOP-Air Sea Flux : Meteorological and SST Observations collected on the Research Vessel Aurora AustralisThis dataset contains environmental observations as well as ship parameters (such as speed and direction). Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)- Air Sea Flux (ASF) R.V. Aurora Australis collects underway meteorological and oceanographic observations during… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS-SOOP-Air Sea Flux : Meteorological and SST Observations collected on the Research Vessel Southern SurveyorThis dataset contains environmental observations as well as ship parameters (such as speed and direction). Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)- Air Sea Flux (ASF) R.V. Southern Surveyor collects underway meteorological and oceanographic observations during… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS-SOOP-Air Sea Flux: Meteorological and SST Observations collected on the Research Vessel TangaroaThis dataset contains environmental observations as well as ship parameters (such as speed and direction). Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)- Sea Surface Temperature (SST) R.V. Tangaroa collects underway meteorological and oceanographic observations in… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| National Groundwater Information SystemThe National Groundwater Information System (NGIS) is a spatial database for GIS specialists that contains a range of groundwater information submitted by States and Territories. The System contains more than 850 000 bore locations with associated lithology logs, bore… | HOME PAGE, MAP PORTAL, PDF | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| Precis forecast – each State in AustraliaThis record links to Bureau of Meteorology metadata for each State's latest "Precis forecast" information, available through an ftp download. The Bureau of Meteorology's "Precis forecast" product (per State) contains the latest 7 day forecast, per location across that State… | HTML | Other | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Rainfall, temperature and wind forecast and observations - verification 2017-05 to 2018-04Historical rainfall, temperature and wind forecast and observations hourly data (2017-05 to 2018-04), used to compare and verify forecasting. Observations data is from a sample of 518 automatic weather stations (AWS) over land, and is at the surface level. Data has been… | HTML, PNG, TAR | CC-BY-NC-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | licence not open |
| Water Data OnlineWater Data Online provides free access to nationally consistent, current and historical water information. It allows you to view and download standardised data and reports. Watercourse level and watercourse discharge time series data from approximately 3500 water monitoring… | PDF, SEARCH, VIEW & DOWNLOAD DATA | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | no download |
| IMOS - ABOS Air Sea Flux Station (ASFS) Sub-FacilityThe Air-Sea Flux Stations (ASFS) sub-facility is responsible for open-ocean moorings that measure real-time meteorological and oceanographic conditions at the sea surface. In particular, the stations provide data on air-sea heat and moisture fluxes, which, when combined with… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature Data collected on the Merchant Vessel Highland ChiefThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel (MV Highland Chief - VROB) between south-east of Australia (Melbourne) and Papua New Guinea, including New Zealand, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands. The data have… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature Data collected on the Merchant Vessel PortlandThis dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel (MV Portland - VNAH ) between Fremantle (Western Australia) and Melbourne (Victoria). The data have been quality controlled by the Bureau of Meteorology. Enhancement… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 | no download |
| IMOS SOOP-Air Sea Flux (ASF) sub facilityEnhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)-Air Sea Flux sub-facility collects underway meteorological and oceanographic observations during scientific and Antarctic resupply voyages in the oceans adjacent to Australia. Data products are quality controlled… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 | no download |
| IMOS-SOOP-Air Sea Flux: Flux product from the Research Vessel Aurora AustralisThis dataset contains quality controlled meteorological observations and bulk air-sea fluxes. Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP) - Air Sea Flux (ASF) R.V. Aurora Australis collects underway meteorological and oceanographic observations during scientific… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 | no download |
| IMOS-SOOP-Air Sea Flux: Flux product from the Research Vessel Southern SurveyorThis dataset contains quality controlled meteorological observations and bulk air-sea fluxes. Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP) - Air Sea Flux (ASF) Southern Surveyor collects underway meteorological and oceanographic observations during scientific… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 | no download |
| IMOS-SOOP-Air Sea Flux: Flux product from the Research Vessel TangaroaThis dataset contains quality controlled meteorological observations and bulk air-sea fluxes. Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP) - Air Sea Flux (ASF) R.V. Tangaroa collects underway meteorological and oceanographic observations during its voyages in… | HTML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 | no download |
| Rainfall and temperature forecast and observations - verification 2016-05 to 2017-04Historical rainfall and temperature forecast and observations hourly data (2016-05 to 2017-04), used to compare and verify forecasting. Observations data is from a sample of 518 automatic weather stations (AWS) over land, and is at the surface level. Data has been aggregated… | PDF, ZIP | CC-BY-SA-3.0-AU | 2023-08-09 | |
| WAMSI Node 2.1 - Dynamics and predictability of the Indo-Pacific Ocean as a global condition on marine climate impacts in WA - POAMAThe Predictive Ocean Atmosphere Model for Australia (POAMA) is a state-of-the-art seasonal to inter-annual seasonal forecast system based on a coupled ocean/ atmosphere model and ocean/atmosphere/land observation assimilation systems. This project will establish the limits of… | HTML, WMS | Other | 2023-08-09 | licence not open |
Listed from the portals' own catalogues, read 28 September 2026. Bureau of Meteorology has not endorsed this site. Every dataset here keeps its publisher's licence and attribution. catalogue.json has this list as data.