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In addition to the above mentioned sources you can also use the following data source:
Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM): The IEM maintains an ever growing archive of automated airport weather observations from around the world. (ASOS Network / ASOS-AWOS-METAR Data)
Here is Iowa State University of Science and Technology's website, which offers free download of historical weather data (decoded and METAR):
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/download.phtml
With data from this source I was able to produce epw weather files for EnergyPlus.
In addition to the above mentioned sources you can also use the following data source:
Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM): The IEM maintains an ever growing archive of automated airport weather observations from around the world. (ASOS Network / ASOS-AWOS-METAR Data)
Here is I have just discovered Iowa State University of Science and Technology's website, which offers free download of historical weather raw METAR data (decoded and METAR):(also decoded) for many sites around the world:
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/download.phtml
With data from this source I was able to produce epw weather files for EnergyPlus.