Citation:

PANGAEA.984693

Name: Sub-daily meteorological series of Riva del Garda (1872-1915), Station Exchange Format (SEF)
Creator: Yuri Brugnara
Published: 2025-09-19
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: air pressure; cloud cover; humidity; Lake Garda; precipitation; Temperature; weather data; wind

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Published: 2025-09-19 • DOI registered: 2025-10-18

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Abstract:

The station of Riva, established in June 1869, was one of the synoptic (or first-order) stations of Austria-Hungary and the only one in South Tyrol. Synoptic stations sent their data to the central meteorological office in Vienna once a day via telegraph to be used for weather forecast. The data were retransmitted to other European weather services and, starting from 1872, were also published on the yearbooks of the K.K. Central-Anstalt für Meteorologie and Geomagnetismus, from where the data have been digitized. The following variables are provided: temperature, daily maximum temperature, daily minimum temperature, pressure, relative humidity, cloud cover, wind intensity and direction, precipitation amount and type. Most variables (except daily extremes and precipitation) were measured three times per day. The instruments were provided by the Central-Anstalt (weather service) and were read manually by the director of the local gymnasium. The barometer was periodically compared with a standard reference, therefore the quality of the measurements was very high even by today's standard. However, thermometers at the time were insufficiently shielded from radiation, causing warm biases in certain situations. The measurements were discontinued with the war declaration of Italy on Austria-Hungary in May 1915, as Riva laid directly on the front line.

Keyword(s):

air pressure; cloud cover; humidity; Lake Garda; precipitation; Temperature; weather data; wind

Related to:

Brugnara, Yuri; Auchmann, Renate; Brönnimann, Stefan; Bozzo, Alessio; Berro, Daniele Cat; Mercalli, Luca (2016): Trends of mean and extreme temperature indices since 1874 at low-elevation sites in the southern Alps. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(7), 3304-3325, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024582

Further details:

Description of devices, observers and inspections at Riva del Garda (1974-1940). Riva.pdf

Sub-daily meteorological series of Riva del Garda - README. readme.txt

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 45.887900 * Median Longitude: 10.842233 * South-bound Latitude: 45.885600 * West-bound Longitude: 10.841700 * North-bound Latitude: 45.889400 * East-bound Longitude: 10.843300

Date/Time Start: 1872-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1915-04-30T00:00:00

Minimum Elevation: 75.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 78.0 m

Event(s):

Riva_1872-1888 * Latitude: 45.888700 * Longitude: 10.843300 * Date/Time Start: 1872-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1888-10-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: 78.0 m * Location: Italy * Method/Device: Meteorological station

Riva_1888-1912 * Latitude: 45.885600 * Longitude: 10.841700 * Date/Time Start: 1888-11-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1912-08-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: 75.0 m * Location: Italy * Method/Device: Meteorological station

Riva_1912-1915 * Latitude: 45.889400 * Longitude: 10.841700 * Date/Time Start: 1912-09-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1915-04-30T00:00:00 * Elevation: 78.0 m * Location: Italy * Method/Device: Meteorological station

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator
1	Event label	Event		Brugnara, Yuri
2	Date/time start	Date/time start		Brugnara, Yuri
3	Date/time end	Date/time end		Brugnara, Yuri
4	File content	Content		Brugnara, Yuri
5	Text file	TEXT		Brugnara, Yuri
6	Text file (File Size)	TEXT (Size)	Bytes	Brugnara, Yuri

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

120 data points

Data

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