diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 705ccf7..386fbb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r load-test/requirements.txt
           python -m grpc_tools.protoc --proto_path=datastore/protobuf datastore.proto --python_out=load-test --grpc_python_out=load-test
           cd load-test
-          locust --headless -u 5 -r 1 --run-time 60 --only-summary --csv store
+          locust -f locustfile_read.py --headless -u 5 -r 1 --run-time 60 --only-summary --csv store
 
       - name: Archive load test artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/load-test/README.md b/load-test/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e901521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/load-test/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Load test datastore
+
+Locust is used for performance testing of the datastore.
+
+## Read test
+Two tasks are defined: 1) get_data_for_single_timeserie and 2) get_data_single_station_through_bbox. As it is unclear
+how many users the datastore expect, the test is done for 5 users over 60 seconds.
+
+## Write test
+
+### Setup & Data preparation
+To resemble the load from all EU partner, we need to multiply KNMI data and increase the input time resolution. For this we
+needed to:
+* Generate dummy data from the KNMI input data by expanding the 10-minute observations to 5-sec observations.
+* Insert the data on a higher temporal resolution
+
+Given that the load test should represent 5-min data for 5000 stations, a rate of 17 requests/sec is needed (5000/(5*60)).
+A request contains the observations for all parameters for one station and one timestamp.
+
+Test requirements
+* Runtime test = 15min (900s)
+* Expected #requests in 15min = 15300 (900*17)
+* wait_time between tasks = between 1.5 and 2.5 sec. Resulting in 1 requests per 2 sec per user.
+* 35 users should lead to a rate of 17 request/sec, resembling EU coverage.
+* User spawn rate = 1 user per sec
+
+### Run locust via web
+```text
+locust -f load-test/locustfile_write.py
+```
+
+### Run locust only via command line
+```text
+locust -f load-test/locustfile_write.py --headless -u <USERS> -r <SPAWN_RATE> --run-time <RUNTIME> --only-summary --csv store_write
+```
+
+### Results
+Requests/sec: This is the number of completed requests per second.
+
+|       |      |                |          |                       |                       |
+|-------|------|----------------|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+| Users | r/s  | Total requests | Failures | Med request time (ms) | Avg request time (ms) |
+| 1     | 0.5  | 428            | 0        | 110                   | 110                   |
+| 35    | 15.2 | 13 640         | 0        | 180                   | 263                   |
+| 55    | 17.2 | 15 439         | 0        | 790                   | 1104                  |
+
+
+
+### Read & Write Test
+Run the read and write test together to test the load, where the write test will have 7 times more users than the read
+test. This is enforced by the weight variable for both user classes.
+
+### Run multiple locust files via web
+
+```text
+locust -f load-test/locustfile_write.py,load-test/locustfile_read.py
+```
+
+### Run multiple locust files only via command line
+
+```text
+locust -f load-test/locustfile_write.py,load-test/locustfile_read.py --headless -u <USERS> -r <SPAWN_RATE> --run-time <RUNTIME> --only-summary --csv store_write_read
+```
+
+|       |       |      |                |          |                       |                       |
+|-------|-------|------|----------------|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+| Test  | Users | r/s  | Total requests | Failures | Med request time (ms) | Avg request time (ms) |
+| Write | 35    | 12.7 | 11423          | 0        | 660                   | 696                   |
+| Read  | 5     | 69.0 | 62091          | 0        | 20                    | 70                    |
+|       |       |      |                |          |                       |                       |
+| Write | 53    | 14.5 | 13087          | 0        | 1500                  | 1522                  |
+| Read  | 7     | 36.4 | 32769          | 0        | 54                    | 185                   |
diff --git a/load-test/locustfile.py b/load-test/locustfile_read.py
similarity index 99%
rename from load-test/locustfile.py
rename to load-test/locustfile_read.py
index 81e966f..6c84f64 100644
--- a/load-test/locustfile.py
+++ b/load-test/locustfile_read.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 class StoreGrpcUser(grpc_user.GrpcUser):
     host = "localhost:50050"
     stub_class = dstore_grpc.DatastoreStub
+    weight = 1
 
     @task
     def get_data_for_single_timeserie(self):
diff --git a/load-test/locustfile_write.py b/load-test/locustfile_write.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef7c15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/load-test/locustfile_write.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import datastore_pb2 as dstore
+import datastore_pb2_grpc as dstore_grpc
+import grpc_user
+import psycopg2
+from locust import between
+from locust import events
+from locust import task
+from netcdf_file_to_requests import generate_dummy_requests_from_netcdf_per_station_per_timestamp
+
+
+file_path = Path(Path(__file__).parents[1] / "test-data" / "KNMI" / "20230101.nc")
+
+stations = [
+    "06201",
+    "06203",
+    "06204",
+    "06205",
+    "06207",
+    "06208",
+    "06211",
+    "06214",
+    "06215",
+    "06225",
+    "06229",
+    "06235",
+    "06239",
+    "06240",
+    "06242",
+    "06248",
+    "06249",
+    "06251",
+    "06252",
+    "06257",
+    "06258",
+    "06260",
+    "06267",
+    "06269",
+    "06270",
+    "06273",
+    "06275",
+    "06277",
+    "06278",
+    "06279",
+    "06280",
+    "06283",
+    "06286",
+    "06290",
+    "06310",
+    "06317",
+    "06319",
+    "06320",
+    "06321",
+    "06323",
+    "06330",
+    "06340",
+    "06343",
+    "06344",
+    "06348",
+    "06350",
+    "06356",
+    "06370",
+    "06375",
+    "06377",
+    "06380",
+    "06391",
+    "78871",
+    "78873",
+    "78990",
+]
+
+
+class IngestionGrpcUser(grpc_user.GrpcUser):
+    host = "localhost:50050"
+    stub_class = dstore_grpc.DatastoreStub
+    wait_time = between(1.5, 2.5)
+    user_nr = 0
+    dummy_observations_all_stations = generate_dummy_requests_from_netcdf_per_station_per_timestamp(file_path)
+    weight = 7
+
+    def on_start(self):
+        print(f"User {IngestionGrpcUser.user_nr}")
+        self.dummy_observations_per_station = IngestionGrpcUser.dummy_observations_all_stations[
+            IngestionGrpcUser.user_nr
+        ]
+        IngestionGrpcUser.user_nr += 1
+        self.index = 0
+
+    @task
+    def ingest_data_per_observation(self):
+        # 44 observations per task
+        observations = self.dummy_observations_per_station[self.index]["observations"]
+        request_messages = dstore.PutObsRequest(observations=observations)
+        response = self.stub.PutObservations(request_messages)
+        assert response.status == -1
+        self.index += 1
+
+    @events.test_stop.add_listener
+    def on_test_stop(environment, **kwargs):
+        print("Cleaning up test data")
+        conn = psycopg2.connect(
+            database="data", user="postgres", password="mysecretpassword", host="localhost", port="5433"
+        )
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        # delete all details from observations table for date 20230101
+        sql = """ DELETE FROM observation WHERE extract(YEAR from obstime_instant)::int = 2023 """
+        cursor.execute(sql)
+        # Commit your changes in the database
+        conn.commit()
+        conn.close()
diff --git a/load-test/netcdf_file_to_requests.py b/load-test/netcdf_file_to_requests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e5d13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/load-test/netcdf_file_to_requests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import math
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+from time import perf_counter
+from typing import List
+from typing import Tuple
+
+import datastore_pb2 as dstore
+import pandas as pd
+import xarray as xr
+from google.protobuf.timestamp_pb2 import Timestamp
+
+
+knmi_parameter_names = (
+    "hc3",
+    "nc2",
+    "zm",
+    "R1H",
+    "hc",
+    "tgn",
+    "Tn12",
+    "pr",
+    "pg",
+    "tn",
+    "rg",
+    "hc1",
+    "nc1",
+    "ts1",
+    "nc3",
+    "ts2",
+    "qg",
+    "ff",
+    "ww",
+    "gff",
+    "dd",
+    "td",
+    "ww-10",
+    "Tgn12",
+    "ss",
+    "Tn6",
+    "dr",
+    "rh",
+    "hc2",
+    "Tgn6",
+    "R12H",
+    "R24H",
+    "Tx6",
+    "Tx24",
+    "Tx12",
+    "Tgn14",
+    "D1H",
+    "R6H",
+    "pwc",
+    "tx",
+    "nc",
+    "pp",
+    "Tn14",
+    "ta",
+)
+
+
+def timerange(start_time, end_time, interval_minutes):
+    current_time = start_time
+    while current_time < end_time:
+        yield current_time
+        current_time += timedelta(minutes=interval_minutes)
+
+
+def generate_dummy_requests_from_netcdf_per_station_per_timestamp(file_path: Path | str) -> Tuple[List, List]:
+    print("Starting with creating the time series and observations requests.")
+    create_requests_start = perf_counter()
+    obs_per_station = []
+
+    with xr.open_dataset(file_path, engine="netcdf4", chunks=None) as file:  # chunks=None to disable dask
+        # Slice enough timestamps to generate data for the test to run 15 min
+        time_slice = file.sel(time=slice(datetime(2023, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0), datetime(2023, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0)))
+        for station_id, latitude, longitude, height in zip(
+            time_slice["station"].values,
+            time_slice["lat"].values[0],
+            time_slice["lon"].values[0],
+            time_slice["height"].values[0],
+        ):
+            station_slice = time_slice.sel(station=station_id)
+            obs_per_timestamp = []
+            for time in pd.to_datetime(station_slice["time"].data).to_pydatetime():
+                # Generate 5-sec data from each 10-min observation
+                for i in range(0, 600, 5):  # 5-sec data
+                    obs_per_parameter = []
+                    generated_timestamp = time + timedelta(seconds=i)
+                    ts = Timestamp()
+                    ts.FromDatetime(generated_timestamp)
+                    for param_id in knmi_parameter_names:
+                        param = station_slice[param_id]
+                        obs_value = station_slice[param_id].data[0]
+                        obs_value = 0 if math.isnan(obs_value) else obs_value  # dummy data so obs_value doesn't matter
+                        ts_mdata = dstore.TSMetadata(
+                            platform=station_id,
+                            instrument=param_id,
+                            title=param.long_name,
+                            standard_name=param.standard_name if "standard_name" in param.attrs else None,
+                            unit=param.units if "units" in param.attrs else None,
+                        )
+                        obs_mdata = dstore.ObsMetadata(
+                            id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+                            geo_point=dstore.Point(lat=latitude, lon=longitude),
+                            obstime_instant=ts,
+                            value=str(obs_value),
+                        )
+                        observation = dstore.Metadata1(ts_mdata=ts_mdata, obs_mdata=obs_mdata)
+                        obs_per_parameter.append(observation)
+                    obs_per_timestamp.append({"time": generated_timestamp, "observations": obs_per_parameter})
+            obs_per_station.append(obs_per_timestamp)
+
+    print("Finished creating the time series and observation requests " f"{perf_counter() - create_requests_start}.")
+    print(f"Total number of obs generated per station is {len(obs_per_parameter)*len(obs_per_timestamp)}")
+    return obs_per_station
diff --git a/load-test/requirements.in b/load-test/requirements.in
index ad8ddda..e81bf9c 100644
--- a/load-test/requirements.in
+++ b/load-test/requirements.in
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ grpcio-tools~=1.56
 grpc-interceptor~=0.15.3
 locust~=2.16
 shapely~=2.0
+psycopg2~=2.9
diff --git a/load-test/requirements.txt b/load-test/requirements.txt
index a3c3d7f..51600fd 100644
--- a/load-test/requirements.txt
+++ b/load-test/requirements.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --no-emit-index-url
 #
-blinker==1.6.3
+blinker==1.7.0
     # via flask
 brotli==1.1.0
     # via geventhttpclient
-certifi==2023.7.22
+certifi==2023.11.17
     # via
     #   geventhttpclient
     #   requests
-charset-normalizer==3.3.0
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
     # via requests
 click==8.1.7
     # via flask
@@ -33,23 +33,23 @@ gevent==23.9.1
     #   locust
 geventhttpclient==2.0.11
     # via locust
-greenlet==3.0.0
+greenlet==3.0.2
     # via gevent
-grpc-interceptor==0.15.3
+grpc-interceptor==0.15.4
     # via -r requirements.in
-grpcio==1.59.0
+grpcio==1.60.0
     # via
     #   grpc-interceptor
     #   grpcio-tools
-grpcio-tools==1.59.0
+grpcio-tools==1.60.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-idna==3.4
+idna==3.6
     # via requests
 itsdangerous==2.1.2
     # via flask
 jinja2==3.1.2
     # via flask
-locust==2.17.0
+locust==2.20.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 markupsafe==2.1.3
     # via
@@ -57,27 +57,27 @@ markupsafe==2.1.3
     #   werkzeug
 msgpack==1.0.7
     # via locust
-numpy==1.26.0
+numpy==1.26.2
     # via shapely
-protobuf==4.24.4
+protobuf==4.25.1
     # via grpcio-tools
-psutil==5.9.5
+psutil==5.9.7
     # via locust
-pyzmq==25.1.1
+psycopg2==2.9.9
+    # via -r requirements.in
+pyzmq==25.1.2
     # via locust
 requests==2.31.0
     # via locust
 roundrobin==0.0.4
     # via locust
-shapely==2.0.1
+shapely==2.0.2
     # via -r requirements.in
 six==1.16.0
     # via geventhttpclient
-typing-extensions==4.8.0
-    # via locust
-urllib3==2.0.6
+urllib3==2.1.0
     # via requests
-werkzeug==3.0.0
+werkzeug==3.0.1
     # via
     #   flask
     #   locust