This data link summarizes all meteorological and soil measurements of the permanent master weather station "13- Cerros de Calate" in the Atacama desert in Chile. Master stations are equipped with further soil and radiations sensors, as well as temperature, humidity and wind sensors in a height of 4 m. The measurement site is located in the central transect of the research regions at the Rio Loa Canyon and the Cerros de Calate. Recent data are available on the weather station website section (https://www.crc1211db.uni-koeln.de/wd/index.php). Additionaly, detailed information about the station configuration and mounted sensors is given at this website section. The data of this station is collected every hour by a GOES satellite uplink provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce) and this station also collects data of station 12 by radio-based communication. In addition, data stored in the station is acquired on a regular time basis, as documented in the section stated above. Please contact the contributor for all further details. Yearly datasets are additionally stored in this CRC1211-DB.