Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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Not only there are different methodologies for building weather files, but the datasets (raw data) used for those files may also vary accordingly (specification of weather station, running time, etc). You should check first which kind of weather file your simulation simulation requires, and then choose the most appropriate weather file.
Check the chapter 3 from this book: http://www.janhensen.nl/publications_folder/11_Building_Performance_Simulation_for_Design_and_Operation_info.pdf
