reference|http://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/surface/code.html short_description|Past weather wmo_code|4561 long_description|Past weather is defined as weather occurring in the past 6 hours at 00, 06, 12, 18 UTC, and the past 3 hours at 03, 09, 15, 21 UTC. codeTYPE|S @| Values 0|cloud covering half or less of the sky throughout the period 1|cloud covering more than half the sky during part of the period & half or less for the rest 2|cloud covering more than half the sky throughout the period 3|sandstorm, duststorm or blowing snow 4|fog or ice fog or thick haze 5|drizzle 6|rain1 7|snow, or rain and snow mixed 8|shower(s) 9|thunderstorm(s) with or without precipitation