Microclimate Sensor Readings-Historical

Historical environmental readings from microclimate sensors located across the city of Melbourne, updated every hour in fifteen-minute increments. The dataset includes ambient air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), and average wind speed. It is published by the City of Melbourne Open Data under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze diurnal variations in urban microclimates based on 15-minute interval sensor readings.
• Correlate air quality metrics with official EPA Victoria data using the included 'epa' flagged averages.
• Map environmental conditions across the city by merging sensor readings with a separate locations dataset via the site_id column.
• Study the relationship between particulate matter levels and other meteorological factors like wind speed and humidity.

Strengths

• Includes EPA Victoria-comparable data with 1-hour and 24-hour averages for key pollutants.
• Provides a join key (site_id) for spatial analysis with a separate sensor locations dataset.
• Contains multiple environmental variables (temperature, humidity, pressure, particulates, wind) for multi-faceted analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes there may be missing readings for some sensors at some 15-minute intervals.

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data

Collection Method

Collected from a network of microclimate sensors.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 08:02:45.907574; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Melbourne, Australia