ACRE Pacific is a NIWA-led part of the the wider ACRE initiative, run by the UK Met Office. ACRE stands for Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth and it undertakes and facilitates the recovery of historic instrumental surface terrestrial and marine global weather observations to underpin 3D weather reconstructions (reanalyses) spanning the last 200-250 years for climate applications and impacts needs worldwide. All of the historical surface weather data and the reanalyses are freely available.
ACRE Pacific focuses on the New Zealand-South Pacific region. Historic barometric pressure data has been submitted to the International Surface Pressure Databank (ISPD) for centres around New Zealand, with data dating back to the 1850s in some places.
ACRE Pacific data submitted to ISPD
Auckland, Albert Park Barracks: 1854-1883; 1909-1949
Auckland, Auckland Museum: 1883-1909
Auckland, Chapel St: 1851-1865
Auckland, Devonport: 1928-1931
Auckland, Mechanics Bay: 1939-1958
Christchurch, Gardens: 1863-1880
Lincoln, Agricultural College: 1881-1906
Christchurch, Magnetic Observatory: 1905-1915
Dunedin, Burns series: 1852-1854; 1854-1864
Dunedin, Geological Survey: 1864-1871
Dunedin, Telegraph Office: 1913-1936
Raoul Island: 1937-1999
Rarotonga, Radio Station: 1934-1950
Cook Islands, Penrhyn: 1937-1996
Cook Islands, Pukapuka: 1929-2000
Cook Islands, Rarotonga Airport: 1948-2010
Cook Islands, Rarotonga Avarua: 1929-1933
Niue, Alofi: 1905-1985
Tonga, Nukualofa: 1888