Select a Point Climatology

Click anywhere over land on the map to see barplots of the local monthly climatology of precipitation, monthly average of daily maximum, minimum, and mean temperature, wet-day frequency, and ground frs frequency.

Use the "Map Type" drop-down menu to display maps of the Koeppen climate classification, elevation, and monthly climatological animations of precipitation, wet-day frequency, mean temperature, minimum temperature, maximum temperature, and frs-day frequency. The monthly climatologies are calculated using the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit TS4.05 data set on a 0.5° lat/lon grid. The base period used for the climatology is 1991-2020.

Dataset Documentation

Select a Point Climatology

Monthly Climatological Variables

Data

University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit TS4.05 monthly precipitation, monthly average of daily maximum, minimum, and mean temperature, wet-day frequency, and ground frs frequency on a 0.5° lat/lon grid

Data Source

University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU TS4.05)

Analysis

Monthly climatology of monthly precipitation, monthly average of daily maximum, minimum, and mean temperature, wet-day frequency, and ground frs frequency for the 1991-2020 base period

Reference

Mitchell, T. D., P. D. Jones. An improved method of constructing a database of monthly climate observations and associated high-resolution grids. Int. J. Climatol. 25, 2005.

Koeppen Climate Classification

Data Source

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Agrometeorology Group

Analysis

Koeppen climate classification prepared by the FAO Agrometeorology Group derived from mean monthly climate data prepared in 1971 by R. Leemans and W. Cramer and published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). This Koeppen classification is based upon monthly rainfall and temperatures, including: average monthly temperature of the warmest month, average monthly temperature of the coldest month, average thermal amplitude between the coldest and warmest months, number of months with temperature exceeding 10°C, and winter and summer rains. For more detailed information see this page.

Elevation

Data Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) ETOPO1 ice surface elevation/bathymetry

Description

ETOPO1 Grid Registered 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model

Reference

Amante, C. and B. W. Eakins, ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis, National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Boulder, CO, July 2008.

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