--- title: Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network, Western Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/ publisher: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-02-13 rows: 246 fields: 9 source: https://public-services.slip.wa.gov.au/public/rest/services/SLIP_Public_Services/Environment/MapServer/60 source_sha256: a2f7fa3bf272825ba3d213954abd0ad4aba42910402c390ac040b102a8814142 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network, Western Australia The 246 automatic weather stations in the network the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development reports on, one row per station, with owner, coordinates, altitude, start date and the observations it collects. Published by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia has not endorsed this site. Also called: DPIRD Weather Stations and Radar (DPIRD-075), DPIRD weather station list, Agriculture WA weather stations, WA automatic weather stations. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.csv (81 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.xlsx (25 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.json (113 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.geojson (137 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.parquet (19 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.sqlite (115 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.gpkg (160 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.geo.parquet (18 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.ndjson (113 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.arrow (18 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.csv.gz (8.9 KB) Pinned version 2026-02-13: `https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-dpird-weather-stations/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-dpird-weather-stations/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-dpird-weather-stations/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/wa-dpird-weather-stations/aggregate?group=owner&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `owner`: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/by/owner/index.json lists 7 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `station_code` | string | station_code | | | `owner` | string | owner | | | `station_name` | string | station_name | | | `longitude` | number | longitude | | | `latitude` | number | latitude | | | `altitude` | number | altitude | | | `start_date` | datetime | start_date | UTC, from the layer's date field. | | `data_types_collected` | string | data_types_collected | The publisher's codes for each kind of observation, separated by commas. | | `link` | string | link | | Key: `station_code`. ## Versions - 2026-02-13: 246 rows, 9 fields, sha256 a2f7fa3bf272. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Open surface water gauging stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-surface-water-gauging-stations/) (Qld) - [Air quality monitoring sites, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/) (SA) - [Air quality monitoring by hour, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-air-quality/) (ACT) - [Water storages reporting to the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-water-storages/) (Cth) - [Lightning sensor observations, Ballarat, 2023 to 2025](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ballarat-lightning-observations/) (Local) - [Air quality hourly averages at every EPA monitoring station, Victoria, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-air-quality-hourly/) (Vic) - [Past wave buoy deployments, Department of Transport, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-historic/) (WA) - [Wave buoy stations in operation, Department of Transport, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-wave-stations-current/) (WA) ## Attribution and citation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia, DPIRD Weather Stations and Radar (DPIRD-075), https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/dpird-weather-stations, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia, DPIRD Weather Stations and Radar (DPIRD-075), https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/dpird-weather-stations, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/ Harvard: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia (2026) Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network, Western Australia, version 2026-02-13 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/ Markdown: Data: [Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network, Western Australia](https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/dpird-weather-stations), Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 246 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network cover? The current version covers 1989 to 2025. Each release from DPIRD becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network updated? DPIRD releases it as stations open and close. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network? No. The publisher is Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, and its page is https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/dpird-weather-stations. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one owner? Every version has one JSON file per value of owner, 7 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/by/owner/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/wa-dpird-weather-stations/v/2026-02-13/by/owner/wa-department-of-primary-industries-and-regional-development-dpird.json holds the 193 rows where owner is WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD). A GeoJSON file sits beside each one. ### What coordinate system does Automatic weather stations, DPIRD network use? Longitude and latitude in decimal degrees from the publisher's own attribute columns. The layer is held in GDA2020, which differs from WGS84 by under 2 metres. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One automatic weather station in the network the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development reports on its weather website, with its station code, the organisation that owns it, its name, longitude, latitude and altitude, the date it started, the kinds of observation it collects, and a link to its page. ### Are the weather readings included? No. Each row describes a station. The readings are on the department's weather website and through its weather API, which this site does not copy. ### Are all the stations DPIRD's? No. The network includes stations owned by other agencies and companies, named in the owner column. For five stations the owner column holds the publisher's caution not to use their observations, and those rows are kept as published. ### Where is the publisher's file? The portal's file downloads need a sign-in, so this site reads every feature of the publisher's public map service layer in pages, in WGS84, and keeps them as one GeoJSON file, which is the source file beside every version. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/wa-dpird-weather-stations.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/wa-dpird-weather-stations.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.