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SILO climate data on AWS
[SILO](https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo) is a database of Australian [climate data](https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/about/climate-variables) from 1889 to the present. It provides continuous, daily time-step [data products](https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/about/data-products) in ready-to-use [formats](https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/about/file-formats-and-samples) for research and operational applications. SILO's gridded datasets (in NetCDF and GeoTiff formats) are
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Licence: SILO datasets are constructed by the [Queensland Government](http://www.qld.gov.au/) using observational data provided by the [Australian Bureau of Meteorology](http://www.bom.gov.au/) and other provi
Evidence quality: 51.5
Listed in aws-odr public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- daily gridded climate datasets · station and grid-cell point climate data (via SILO website) · incremental update files for station point datasets (AWS)
- Coverage docs-verified
- Australia · 1889 to present
- Resolution docs-verified
- Daily time-step (spatial resolution not stated in DOCS)
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Daily
- Formats docs-verified
- NetCDF · GeoTIFF
- Access docs-verified
- Free/open; AWS Public Data, no AWS account required for CLI access (aws s3 ls --no-sign-request); licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Historical daily rainfall and temperature series for Australian catchment water balance or flood study inputs · Daily climate variables for Australian drought or water-demand analysis · Gridded climate baseline for Australian environmental impact assessments
- Audience llm-inferred
- hydrologists · water resources engineers · environmental consultants · GIS analysts
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Australia only; no UK coverage · Gridded data is on AWS, but point (station) data is only available from the SILO website, except incremental update files · Spatial resolution of gridded products not stated in DOCS · Requires CC BY 4.0 attribution to SILO / Queensland Government
Evidence
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.