Dataset

Climatic Research Unit (CRU): Time-series (TS) datasets of variations in climate with variations in other phenomena v3

Climate / Climate ChangeGlobalCentre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

Dataset Objective

To provide month-by-month variation in climate over the last century.

Context

Data covers the period 1901-2017.

What is included

Dataset consist of: cloud cover, diurnal temperature range, frost day frequency, precipitation, daily mean temperature, monthly average daily maximum temperature, vapour pressure, potential evapo-transpiration and wet day frequency.

Collection Methods

Data based on monthly mean temperatures from 4000 weather stations distributed around the world.