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google-research/weatherbench2

A benchmark for the next generation of data-driven global weather models.

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Dominant language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 10, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 16, 2026
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47 open issues indexed

Support Python versions 3.10 and 3.11. Open

google-research/weatherbench2#3 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Add FourCastNet to the default Benchmarks Open

google-research/weatherbench2#44 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Feature request: Evaluating at finer temporal resolution Open

google-research/weatherbench2#95 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Feature request: compare with IFS at higher spatial resolution of 0.1deg Open

google-research/weatherbench2#96 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Issue with setup.py in Dataflow Open

google-research/weatherbench2#99 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Are there plans to support the spatial resolution of 2.8125°, and 1.40625°? Open

google-research/weatherbench2#107 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Support weather station evaluation Open

google-research/weatherbench2#116 · 0 comments · 7 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Mean radiation fluxes contain NaNs Open

google-research/weatherbench2#124 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
WeatherBench2 Evaluation Quickstart Runtime Open

google-research/weatherbench2#126 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Evaluate.py issues, '.zmetadata' not found Open

google-research/weatherbench2#127 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
_decode_pressure_level_suffixes() does not run lazily, gives out-of-memory errors Open

google-research/weatherbench2#133 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Missing `absl-py` dependency Open

google-research/weatherbench2#134 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
xbeam.open_zarr()` fails to open stores that `xarray.open_zarr()` handles fine with chunking Open

google-research/weatherbench2#135 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Downloading data for one selected pressure level. Open

google-research/weatherbench2#149 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Use neuralGCM local output data as input gets error Open

google-research/weatherbench2#152 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Unit label incorrect for specific humidity plots Open

google-research/weatherbench2#155 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Regional models not supported Open

google-research/weatherbench2#157 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
IFS HRES t=0 “Analysis” dataset total_precipitation_6hr parameter is always 0 Open

google-research/weatherbench2#159 · 0 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
ERA5 sea surface temperatures all NaN Open

google-research/weatherbench2#161 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
era5/1959-2023_01_10-full_37-1h-1440x721.zarr cant be opened Open

google-research/weatherbench2#162 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
NaN values in relative humidity and vertical velocity Open

google-research/weatherbench2#168 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
conservative regridding with land-sea mask Open

google-research/weatherbench2#171 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Possible bug in schema.apply_time_conventions (?) Open

google-research/weatherbench2#172 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
The production of the low resolution prediction results Open

google-research/weatherbench2#174 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
What region is data stored in? Open

google-research/weatherbench2#177 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Evaluate Persistence does not work Open

google-research/weatherbench2#178 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
RMSE scores on website differ from those on the corresponding Google Cloud dataset Open

google-research/weatherbench2#184 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Data request: renewable energy impact variables Open

google-research/weatherbench2#197 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Scorecard functionality request: show multi experiments + annotations Open

google-research/weatherbench2#198 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Urgent about LSTM model used on weatherbench2 Open

google-research/weatherbench2#210 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
It seems that the 240x121 climatology (1.5 degree) file contains lots of Nan value with the variable "total_precipitation_6hr_seeps_threshold" Open

google-research/weatherbench2#225 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Register WB2 data on HF datasets? Open

google-research/weatherbench2#226 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Missing data for 1 day in ENS mean dataset for surface variables Open

google-research/weatherbench2#234 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
`prediction_timedelta`: is `time` dimension the time of initialisation or the time of forecast? Open

google-research/weatherbench2#235 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Unable to open GraphCast zarr (ERA5 initialization) Open

google-research/weatherbench2#247 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Cannot find below ground masking in Weatherbench code Open

google-research/weatherbench2#254 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Missing Values for Keisler 2020 Forecasts Open

google-research/weatherbench2#256 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Minor differences in ERA5 Data between WeatherBench2 and CDS Open

google-research/weatherbench2#257 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Discarding unparseable args: ['compute_zonal_energy_spectrum.py'].Using fallback deterministic coder for type '<class 'xarray_beam._src.core.Key'>' in 'Mean/PerKey/CombinePerKey(MeanCombineFn)/GroupByKey'. Open

google-research/weatherbench2#266 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Issue with getting nan as metrics result Open

google-research/weatherbench2#269 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
why different scores in two links provided by weatherbench2 ? Open

google-research/weatherbench2#271 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Google Cloud bucket: Minor issues with Aurora dataset Open

google-research/weatherbench2#276 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
weatherbench2 era5 data download for mainland China Open

google-research/weatherbench2#278 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Do you want a fix for `compute_probabilistic_climatological_forecasts`? Open

google-research/weatherbench2#280 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Nyquist frequency in power spectrum doubled Open

google-research/weatherbench2#283 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Nans in gs://weatherbench2/datasets/era5/1959-2022-6h-64x33.zarr Open

google-research/weatherbench2#290 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Provenance / licensing of `gs://weatherbench2/datasets/ifs_ens/2016-2024-1440x721.zarr` Open

google-research/weatherbench2#299 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026

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