Patched point data
Obtain patched point data for the given station and period, in the specified format. A username and password is required. To register, visit the SILO webpage: http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo.
Available variables
- station (required): The Bureau of Meteorology numerical code identifying the station of interest.
- start (required): Start date in the format yyyymmdd.
- finish (required): End date in the format yyyymmdd.
- username (required): Username obtained when you registered with SILO.
- password (required): Password associated with the username above.
Example
The example is requesting data in "alldata" format for station "12345 " over the period 1 Jan 2011 - 10 Jan 2011; the user should substitute the station code, data format, period and username/password as required. https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/cgi-bin/silo/PatchedPointDataset.php?format=alldata&station=12345&start=20110101&finish=20110110&username=sample&password=sample
The data will be displayed in your browser without line breaks. To save the data:
- Save the page as a text file in Chrome or as HTML in Internet Explorer and Firefox; or
- View the page source.
Source
This data file or API can be downloaded from:
https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/cgi-bin/silo/PatchedPointDataset.php?format=alldataResources
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | unknown |
| Metadata last updated | November 11, 2025 |
| Format | TXT |
| License | Not Specified |
| Datastore active | False |
| Datastore contains all records of source file | False |
| Has views | True |
| Id | 62b88d83-d882-441b-b2c5-ac17d1a37b9d |
| Package id | 8bc473e2-676b-4bcd-b597-aeafed1c7dde |
| Position | 4 |
| Resource type | api |
| State | active |
| Zip extract | False |
| Size | Unknown |
| ID | 62b88d83-d882-441b-b2c5-ac17d1a37b9d |
| Harvested | True |
| Package ID | 8bc473e2-676b-4bcd-b597-aeafed1c7dde |
| State | active |