Hourly Lake and Weather Data from Windermere, 2016-2018

Windermere South Basin in England provides hourly measurements of lake temperature at 12 depths, air temperature, solar irradiance, and wind speed from 2016 to 2018. The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology collected the data via an automatic buoy, averaging 4-minute readings into hourly values. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council as part of the UK-SCAPE programme.

Use Cases

• Modeling lake thermal stratification based on temperature profiles at 12 depths.
• Analyzing diurnal and seasonal energy exchange based on solar irradiance and air temperature.
• Studying wind-driven mixing effects on water columns based on wind speed data.
• Validating hydrodynamic or climate models for temperate lakes based on multi-year, high-frequency observations.

Strengths

• High temporal resolution with measurements taken every 4 minutes and provided as hourly averages.
• Comprehensive vertical profile with lake temperature measured at 12 distinct depths from 1 to 35 meters.
• Multi-year coverage from 2016 to 2018, capturing seasonal cycles.
• Data collected by a recognized research institution, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single lake in the UK.

Provenance

Source

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Automated measurements from a monitoring buoy, with 4-minute readings averaged hourly.

Time Range

2016 to 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 07:35:19.973476; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Windermere South Basin, a lake in the North West of England, UK.