1972 - Ongoing Met Office Rig and Platform Marine Meteorological Observations dataset https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=010_e33032277bc4912fe7f9cd90db9f9c42 Meteorological observations originating from rigs or platforms produced hourly or 3-hourly for weather forecasting and as part of the long term climatological record. Measurements include date, time, position, mean sea level pressure, air temperature, dew-point temperature, wind speed, wind direction, visibility, clouds and measured wave period and height. On occasion there may be gaps within the dataset. 19721001 19721001