Used for the parameters "mostSignificantWeatherCode" and "weatherCode" in Point Forecast Service.
| Code | meaning | long description DTN Multi-Model-MOS-System weather code mapping |
|---|---|---|
| -8 | Thick cirrus clouds | – |
| -7 | Snow storm | – |
| -6 | Storm | – |
| -5 | Freezing rain | – |
| -4 | Dense Fog | – |
| -3 | Heavy snow | – |
| -2 | Heavy rain | – |
| -1 | Heavy rain | – |
| 0 | Clear skies | 0/8 |
| 1 | Mainly clear skies | 1/8 |
| 2 | Mainly Fair | 2/8 |
| 3 | Lengthy clear spells | 3/8 |
| 4 | Partly cloudy | 4/8 |
| 5 | Broken clouds | 5/8 |
| 6 | Rather cloudy | 6/8 |
| 7 | Mainly cloudy | 7/8 |
| 8 | Overcast | 8/8 |
| 9 | ??? | Sky not visible |
| 10 | Mist | Mist |
| 11 | ground fog | visibility 1000-2000m |
| 12 | ground fog | |
| 13 | Sheet Lightning | Lightning visible, no thunder heard |
| 14 | Some showers | Precipitation within sight, not reaching the ground or the surface of the sea |
| 15 | Some showers | Precipitation within sight, reaching the ground or the surface of the sea, but distant, i.e. estimated to be more than 5 km from the station |
| 16 | Some showers | Precipitation within sight, reaching the ground or the surface of the sea, near to, but not at the station |
| 17 | Isolated thunderstorm | thunderstorm possible |
| 18 | Wind gusts | Squalls at or within sight of the station |
| 19 | Spouts | Funnel cloud(s) Tornado cloud or water-spout |
| 20 | Possible Drizzle | Drizzle (not freezing) or snow grains |
| 21 | Possible Rain | Rain (not freezing) |
| 22 | Possible Snow | |
| 23 | Light rain and snow | Possible Rain and snow or ice pellets |
| 24 | Light freezing rain | Possible Freezing drizzle or freezing rain |
| 25 | Light rain shower | Possible Shower(s) of rain |
| 26 | Light snow shower | Possible Shower(s) of snow, or of rain and snow |
| 27 | Light shower of snow pellets or rain/snow mixed | Possible Shower(s) of hail, or of rain and hail (Hail, small hail, snow pellets. French: grêle, grésil ou neige roulée.) |
| 28 | Possible Fog | Fog or ice fog |
| 29 | Isolated thunderstorm | Possible Thunderstorm (with or without precipitation) |
| 30 | Sandstorm | lowest severity of sandstorm |
| 31 | Sandstorm | ↓ |
| 32 | Sandstorm | ↓ |
| 33 | Heavy sandstorm | ↓ |
| 34 | Heavy sandstorm | ↓ |
| 35 | Heavy sandstorm | highest severity of sandstorm |
| 36 | Snow flurry | Slight or moderate blowing snow generally low |
| 37 | Heavy Snow flurry | Heavy drifting snow generally low |
| 38 | Drifting snow | Slight or moderate blowing snow generally high |
| 39 | Heavy Drifting snow | Heavy drifting snow generally high |
| 40 | Patchy fog | Possible Fog |
| 41 | Patchy fog | fog with low intensity |
| 42 | Fog | ↓ |
| 43 | Fog | ↓ |
| 44 | Fog | ↓ |
| 45 | Dense fog | widespread fog |
| 46 | Dense fog | dense fog sight < 200m |
| 47 | Dense fog | widespread dense fog < 200m |
| 48 | Freezing fog | Fog, depositing rime |
| 49 | Freezing fog | widespread fog, depositing rime |
| 50 | Light Occasional drizzle | Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent |
| 51 | Light Drizzle | Drizzle, not freezing, continuous |
| 52 | Occasional Drizzle | Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent moderate |
| 53 | Drizzle | Drizzle, not freezing, continuous moderate |
| 54 | Occasional Heavy Drizzle | Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent heavy (dense) at time |
| 55 | Heavy Drizzle | Drizzle, not freezing, continuous heavy (dense) at time |
| 56 | Freezing drizzle | Drizzle, freezing, slight |
| 57 | Freezing rain | Drizzle, freezing, moderate or heavy (dence) |
| 58 | Drizzle and Rain | slight |
| 59 | Drizzle and Rain | moderate or heavy |
| 60 | Occasional rain | Rain, not freezing, intermittent slight |
| 61 | Light rain | Rain, not freezing, continuous slight |
| 62 | Occasional Rain | Rain, not freezing, intermittent moderate |
| 63 | Rain | Rain, not freezing, continuous moderate |
| 64 | Occasional Heavy rain | Rain, not freezing, intermittent heavy |
| 65 | Heavy rain | Rain, not freezing, continuous heavy |
| 66 | Freezing rain | Rain, freezing, slight |
| 67 | Freezing rain | Rain, freezing, moderate or heavy (dence) |
| 68 | Rain and snow | Rain or drizzle and snow, slight |
| 69 | Heavy rain and snow | Rain or drizzle and snow, moderate or heavy |
| 70 | Occasional snow | Intermittent fall of snowflakes slight |
| 71 | Light snow | Continuous fall of snowflakes slight |
| 72 | Occasional Snow | Intermittent fall of snowflakes moderate |
| 73 | Snow | Continuous fall of snowflakes moderate |
| 74 | Occasional Heavy snow | Intermittent fall of snowflakes heavy |
| 75 | Heavy snow | Continuous fall of snowflakes heavy |
| 76 | Diamond dust | Diamond dust |
| 77 | Snow grains | Snow grains |
| 78 | Snow crystals | Isolated star-like snow crystals |
| 79 | Ice pellets | Ice pellets |
| 80 | Rain shower | Rain shower(s), slight |
| 81 | Heavy rain shower | Rain shower(s), moderate or heavy |
| 82 | Violent rain shower | Rain shower(s), violent |
| 83 | Rain and snow shower | Shower(s) of rain and snow mixed, slight |
| 84 | Heavy rain and snow shower | Shower(s) of rain and snow mixed, moderate or heavy |
| 85 | Snow shower | Snow shower(s), slight |
| 86 | Heavy snow shower | Snow shower(s), moderate or heavy |
| 87 | Shower of snow pellets or rain/snow mixed | slight Shower(s) of snow pellets or small hail, with or without rain |
| 88 | Heavy shower of snow pellets or rain/snow mixed | moderate or heavy Shower(s) of snow pellets or small hail, with or without rain |
| 89 | Hail shower | slight Shower(s) of hail (French: grêle), with or without rain or rain and snow mixed |
| 90 | Heavy hail shower | moderate or heavy Shower(s) of hail (French: grêle), with or without rain or rain and snow mixed |
| 91 | Thunderstorms | Possible Thunderstorm with rain |
| 92 | Thunderstorms | Possible Thunderstorm with Moderate or heavy rain |
| 93 | Thunderstorms | Possible Thunderstorm with Slight snow, or rain and snow mixed or hail |
| 94 | Thunderstorms | Possible Thunderstorm with Moderate or heavy snow, or rain and snow mixed or hail |
| 95 | Thunderstorms | Possible Thunderstorm |
| 96 | Thunderstorms | Possible Thunderstorm with hail or snow pellets |
| 97 | Heavy Thunderstorms | Possible Thunderstorm, heavy |
| 98 | Heavy thunderstorms with sandstorm | Possible Thunderstorm combined with duststorm or sandstorm |
| 99 | Heavy thunderstorms with hail or gusts | Possible Thunderstorm, heavy, with hail |
hail = Hail, small hail, snow pellets. French: grêle, grésil ou neige roulée