Code Condition description
0 Cloud development not observed or not observable
1 Clouds generally dissolving or becoming less developed
2 State of sky on the whole unchanged
3 Clouds generally forming or developing
4 Visibility reduced by smoke, e.g. veldt or forest fires, industrial smoke or volcanic ashes
5 Haze
6 Widespread dust in suspension in the air, not raised by wind at or near the station at the time of observation
7 Dust or sand raised by wind at or near the station at the time of observation, but no well developed dust whir
8 Well developed dust whirl(s) or sand whirl(s) seen at or near the station during the preceding hour or at the ti
9 Duststorm or sandstorm within sight at the time of observation, or at the station during the preceding hour
10 Mist
11 Patches
12 More or less continuous
13 Lightning visible, no thunder heard
14 Precipitation within sight, not reaching the ground or the surface of the sea
15 Precipitation within sight, reaching the ground or the surface of the sea, but distant, i.e. estimated to be more
16 Precipitation within sight, reaching the ground or the surface of the sea, near to, but not at the station
17 Thunderstorm, but no precipitation at the time of observation
18 Squalls
19 Funnel cloud(s)
20 Drizzle (not freezing) or snow grains
21 Rain (not freezing)
22 Snow
23 Rain and snow or ice pellets
24 Freezing drizzle or freezing rain
25 Shower(s) of rain
26 Shower(s) of snow, or of rain and snow
27 Shower(s) of hail, or of rain and hail
28 Fog or ice fog
29 Thunderstorm (with or without precipitation)
30 Slight or moderate
has decreased
duststorm
during
or sandstorm
the preceding hour
31 Slight or moderate
no appreciable
duststormchange
or sandstorm
during the preceding hour
32 Slight or moderate
has begun
duststorm
or has increased
or sandstorm
during the preceding hour
33 Severe duststorm
has decreased
or sandstorm
during the preceding hour
34 Severe duststorm
no appreciable
or sandstorm
change during the preceding hour
35 Severe duststorm
has begun
or sandstorm
or has increased during the preceding hour
36 Slight or moderate
generally
blowing
low (below
snoweye level)
37 Heavy drifting
generally
snow low (below eye level)
38 Slight or moderate
generally
blowing
high (above
snow eye level)
39 Heavy drifting
generally
snow high (above eye level)
40 Fog or ice fog at a distance at the time of observation, but not at the station during the preceding hour, the fo
41 Fog or ice fog in patches
42 Fog or ice fog,
hassky
become
visiblethinner during the preceding hour
43 Fog or ice fog,
hassky
become
invisible
thinner during the preceding hour
44 Fog or ice fog,
no sky
appreciable
visible change during the preceding hour
45 Fog or ice fog,
no sky
appreciable
invisible change during the preceding hour
46 Fog or ice fog,
hassky
begun
visible
or has become thicker during the preceding hour
47 Fog or ice fog,
hassky
begun
invisible
or has become thicker during the preceding hour
48 Fog, depositing rime, sky visible
49 Fog, depositing rime, sky invisible
50 Drizzle, not slight
freezing,
at time
intermittent
of observation
51 Drizzle, not slight
freezing,
at time
continuous
of observation
52 Drizzle, not moderate
freezing, intermittent
at time of observation
53 Drizzle, not moderate
freezing, continuous
at time of observation
54 Drizzle, not heavy
freezing,
(dense)
intermittent
at time of observation
55 Drizzle, not heavy
freezing,
(dense)
continuous
at time of observation
56 Drizzle, freezing, slight
57 Drizzle, freezing, moderate or heavy (dence)
58 Drizzle and rain, slight
59 Drizzle and rain, moderate or heavy
60 Rain, not freezing,
slight atintermittent
time of observation
61 Rain, not freezing,
slight atcontinuous
time of observation
62 Rain, not freezing,
moderate intermittent
at time of observation
63 Rain, not freezing,
moderate continuous
at time of observation
64 Rain, not freezing,
heavy at intermittent
time of observation
65 Rain, not freezing,
heavy at continuous
time of observation
66 Rain, freezing, slight
67 Rain, freezing, moderate or heavy (dence)
68 Rain or drizzle and snow, slight
69 Rain or drizzle and snow, moderate or heavy
70 Intermittentslight
fall ofatsnowflakes
time of observation
71 Continuous slight
fall ofatsnowflakes
time of observation
72 Intermittentmoderate
fall of snowflakes
at time of observation
73 Continuous moderate
fall of snowflakes
at time of observation
74 Intermittentheavy
fall ofatsnowflakes
time of observation
75 Continuous heavy
fall of at
snowflakes
time of observation
76 Diamond dust (with or without fog)
77 Snow grains (with or without fog)
78 Isolated star-like snow crystals (with or without fog)
79 Ice pellets
80 Rain shower(s), slight
81 Rain shower(s), moderate or heavy
82 Rain shower(s), violent
83 Shower(s) of rain and snow mixed, slight
84 Shower(s) of rain and snow mixed, moderate or heavy
85 Snow shower(s), slight
86 Snow shower(s), moderate or heavy
87 Shower(s) ofslight
snow pellets or small hail, with or without rain or rain and snow mixed
88 Shower(s) ofmoderate
snow pellets or heavy
or small hail, with or without rain or rain and snow mixed
89 Shower(s) ofslight
hail, with or without rain or rain and snow mixed, not associated with thunder
90 Shower(s) ofmoderate
hail, withororheavy
without rain or rain and snow mixed, not associated with thunder
91 Slight rain atThunderstorm
time of observation
during the preceding hour but not at time of observation
92 Moderate or Thunderstorm
heavy rain at during
time ofthe
observation
preceding hour but not at time of observation
93 Slight snow,Thunderstorm
or rain and snow during
mixed
theorpreceding
hail at time
hour
ofbut
observation
not at time of observation
94 Moderate or Thunderstorm
heavy snow, or during
rain the
andpreceding
snow mixed hour
or hail
but not
at time
at time
of observation
of observation
95 Thunderstorm,Thunderstorm
slight or moderate,
at time ofwithout
observation
hail but with rain and/or snow at time of observation
96 Thunderstorm,Thunderstorm
slight or moderate,
at time ofwith
observation
hail at time of observation
97 Thunderstorm,Thunderstorm
heavy, without at time
hailofbut
observation
with rain and/or snow at time of observation
98 Thunderstorm Thunderstorm
combined with at time
duststorm
of observation
or sandstorm at time of observation
99 Thunderstorm,
Thunderstorm
heavy, withathail
timeat of
time
observation
of observation
t no well developed dust whirl(s) or sand whirl(s), and no duststorm or sandstorm seen
he preceding hour or at the time ot observation, but no duststorm or sandstorm
ing the preceding hour, the fog or ice fog extending to a level above that of the observer