Weather Data

Real Weather Data

Weather data is valuable to any sim as it can allow developers or modders to implement or enhance weather features such as accurate historical weather, quasi-realistic weather scenarios, weather progression algorithms, calculating weather metrics (such as averages, medians, standard deviations, etc.), and more.

Racing Circuits Real Weather Data

This dataset helped support the Crew Chief GTR2 Enhancements Plugin Real Weather feature which provides realtime and slot-based, algorithm-generated quasi-realistic weather scenarios for GTR2.

• Download: Racing Circuits Real Weather Data sourced from OpenWeatherMap.org
  • Note: Use 7zip to extract the gzipped .csv.gz files found in the download.
• Description: 40 years of hourly weather data (1979 - 2023) for racing circuits around the world
• Format: CSV, one file per location
• Parameters: dt, dt_iso, timezone, city_name, lat, lon, temp, visibility, dew_point, feels_like, temp_min, temp_max, pressure, sea_level, grnd_level, humidity, wind_speed, wind_deg, wind_gust, rain_1h, rain_3h, snow_1h, snow_3h, clouds_all, weather_id, weather_main, weather_description, weather_icon
• Locations: Anderstorp, Barcelona, Bathurst, Brands Hatch, Brno, Montreal, Daytona, Donington, Dubai, Enna, Estoril, Fuji, Hockenheim, Imola, Interlagos, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Magny-Cours, Monza, Mosport, Nurburgring, Oschersleben, Phillip Island, Red Bull Ring, Road America, Road Atlanta, Sebring, Silverstone, Spa, Suzuka, Valencia, VIR (Virginia International Raceway), Watkins Glen, Zhuhai
• Source: OpenWeatherMap.org History Bulk
  • Description of parameters
  • Weather codes and icons referenced in data
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Sample of Files in the Data:

Anderstorp_Racing_Club_57_261829_13_600247_OpenWeatherMap_66271d3123a6580008cf2b7d.csv.gz
Autodromo_di_Pergusa_37_520353_14_304795_OpenWeatherMap_66271d3123a6580008cf2b7d.csv.gz
Autodromo_Enzo_e_Dino_Ferrari_44_344719_11_715851_OpenWeatherMap_66271d3123a6580008cf2b7d.csv.gz
...
Motorsport_Arena_Oschersleben_52_025735_11_278023_OpenWeatherMap_66271d3123a6580008cf2b7d.csv.gz
Nevers_Magny_Cours_Circuit_46_863809_3_162568_OpenWeatherMap_66271d3123a6580008cf2b7d.csv.gz
Zhuhai_International_Circuit_22_360426_113_56353_OpenWeatherMap_66271d3123a6580008cf2b7d.csv.gz

Sample Data:

dt,dt_iso,timezone,city_name,lat,lon,temp,visibility,dew_point,feels_like,temp_min,temp_max,pressure,sea_level,grnd_level,humidity,wind_speed,wind_deg,wind_gust,rain_1h,rain_3h,snow_1h,snow_3h,clouds_all,weather_id,weather_main,weather_description,weather_icon
283996800,1979-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,266.79,,263.5,260.19,266.22,267.13,1012,,,75,5.13,349,,,,,,5,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284000400,1979-01-01 01:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,266.84,,263.24,260.29,266.22,267.1,1014,,,73,5.07,350,,,,,,2,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284004000,1979-01-01 02:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,266.81,,263.06,260.35,266.39,267.04,1014,,,72,4.94,347,,,,,,0,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284007600,1979-01-01 03:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,265.85,,262.73,259.16,265.48,266.22,1015,,,76,4.93,344,,,,,,0,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284011200,1979-01-01 04:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,265.78,,262.81,259,265.35,266.33,1016,,,77,5.02,341,,,,,,0,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284014800,1979-01-01 05:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,265.77,,263.23,258.95,265.34,266.33,1017,,,80,5.07,342,,,,,,0,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284018400,1979-01-01 06:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,265.82,,263.28,259.15,265.22,266.33,1018,,,80,4.89,343,,,,,,0,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284022000,1979-01-01 07:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,265.74,,262.92,259.38,265.22,266.33,1019,,,78,4.46,343,,,,,,0,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284025600,1979-01-01 08:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,265.77,,263.51,259.73,265.36,266.33,1020,,,82,4.08,339,,,,,,0,800,Clear,sky is clear,01n
284029200,1979-01-01 09:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,266.44,,262.54,260.68,266.01,266.69,1021,,,71,3.93,334,,,,,,17,801,Clouds,few clouds,02d
284032800,1979-01-01 10:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,267.67,,264.36,262.42,266.22,267.96,1021,,,75,3.67,320,,,,,,73,803,Clouds,broken clouds,04d
284036400,1979-01-01 11:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,268.07,,263.8,262.94,267.22,268.3,1023,,,69,3.63,318,,,,,,33,802,Clouds,scattered clouds,03d
284040000,1979-01-01 12:00:00 +0000 UTC,0,Donington Park Circuit,52.829532,-1.381452,268.23,,263.79,263.14,267.22,268.44,1023,,,68,3.63,316,,,,,,33,802,Clouds,scattered clouds,03d