# Need help downloading OISST data

**URL:** <https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/need-help-downloading-oisst-data/3434>\
**Category:** Data\
**Created:** [May 11, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/need-help-downloading-oisst-data/3434 "2023-05-11T06:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![nrchow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/nrchow/32/3456_2.png) [@nrchow](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/nrchow)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/need-help-downloading-oisst-data/3434/1 "2023-05-11T06:57:47Z")

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Can someone kindly tell me how to download OISST monthly sst data? I have tried a python script and wget but it doesn’t work.

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**Author:** ![TomAugspurger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/tomaugspurger/32/21_2.png) [@TomAugspurger](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/TomAugspurger)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/need-help-downloading-oisst-data/3434/2 "2023-05-11T19:39:48Z")

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I’m not sure about _monthly_ OISST data, but in case it’s helpful we recently added [_daily_ OISST CDR](https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/dataset/noaa-cdr-sea-surface-temperature-optimum-interpolation) data to Planetary Computer in COG format.

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**Author:** ![ejlevine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@ejlevine](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/ejlevine)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/need-help-downloading-oisst-data/3434/3 "2023-05-12T13:20:35Z")

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What is the wget command you are using, and what error messages are you seeing?

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**Author:** ![dcschus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/dcschus/32/1718_2.png) [@dcschus](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/dcschus)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/need-help-downloading-oisst-data/3434/4 "2023-05-12T17:20:17Z")

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I think these data are also available in the NCAR RDA dataset " NOAA NCEP Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis", [NCAR RDA Dataset ds277.0](https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds277.0/) as an alternate option.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Sumner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/michael_sumner/32/1608_2.png) [@Michael\_Sumner](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/Michael_Sumner)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/need-help-downloading-oisst-data/3434/5 "2023-08-18T01:14:47Z")

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I just tried

```auto
wget ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/noaa.oisst.v2/sst.mnmean.nc

```

currently at 494 time steps