2-m air temperature variable datasets
Summary of observation-based historical datasets with 2-m temperature available
Report table: 3.3
Count: 29
| Name | Source | Data type | Spatial domain | Spatial resolution | Temporal coverage | Time step | Data format | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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MSC Observations
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1940- present) | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Climate Normals
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | 1941-1970; 1951-1980; 1961-1990; 1971-2000; 1981-2010. | Climatological means | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Daily Climate Records (LTCE, Long Term Climate Extremes)
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable | Records for each day of the year | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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AHCCD
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CRD/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1950 to present) | Daily; Monthly; Seasonal; Annual | ASCII; CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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Hydro-Québec Station data
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Hydro-Québec | Station data | Northern Québec at hydroelectric stations | Point Data | Variable (1990 to present) | Variable ( sub-daily to daily) | n.a. | details |
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White Pass Railway & River Divisions dataset, Yukon
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Yukon Research Centre | Station data from archives | The upper Yukon River basin | Point data | 1902-1957 | Daily | Excel files | details |
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SCDNA
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University of Saskatchewan | Station data and reanalyses blend | North America | Point data | 1979-2018 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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CANGRD
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CRD/ECCC | Gridded observations | Canada | 50 km x 50 km | 1948-2017 (anomalies) | Monthly; Seasonal; Annual | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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ANUSPLIN
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CFS/NRCan | Gridded observations | Canada and North America | (10 km x 10 km) and (2 km x 2 km) | 1950-2017 | Daily; Pentad; Monthly; Climatological means | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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CRU TS Version 4
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Gridded observations | Global (land only) | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1901–2018 | Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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WorldClim2
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre/UNEP | Gridded observations | Global (land only) | 10 arc minutes (~340 km);5 arc minutes;2.5 arc minutes; 30 arc seconds (1 km) | 1970-2000 | Monthly | GeoTIFF | details |
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Daymet Version 4
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Environmental Sciences Division/Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Gridded observations | North America (land only) | 1 km x 1 km | 1980-2019 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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PNWNAMET
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PCIC | Gridded observations | North-western North America | 3.75 arc minutes (~6 km) | 1945-2012 | Daily | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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Met1km
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NRCan | Blend of gridded products | Canada | 1 km x 1 km | 1901–2017 | Daily | n.a. | details |
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ERA5
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ECMWF | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.25° x 0.25° | 1950 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | GRIB;NetCDF | details |
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CFSR
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1979-2017 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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MERRA-2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude | 1980 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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JRA-55
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JMA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ | 1957-2021 | 3h; 6h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center/The Ohio State University; UCAR/NCAR | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000-2016 | 3h; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979-2021 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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RDRSv2
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CCMEP/ECCC | Regional reanalysis | North America | 10 km x 10 km | 2000-2017(1980-1999 pending) | Hourly | RPN | details |
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20CRv3
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CIRES; NOAA; DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | 1950 to present | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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AgERA
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ECMWF | Re-gridded reanalysis | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° | 1979 to present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgCFSR
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgMERRA
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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GMFD
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Princeton University | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1948-2016 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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CRU JRA
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.5° × 0.5° | 1901-2018 | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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S14FD
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DIAS | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1958-2013 | Daily | NetCDF | details |