CRU CY3.25: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Year-by-Year Variation of Selected Climate Variables by CountrY (CY) version 3.25 (Jan. 1901 - Dec. 2016)

This version of CRU CY is superseded by version 4.01. It is being made available to assist with users moving to the new process. No further releases of version 3 are planned.

The CRU CY version 3.25 dataset consists of ten climate variables for country averages at a monthly, seasonal and annual frequency; including cloud cover, diurnal temperature range, frost day frequency, precipitation, daily mean temperature, monthly average daily maximum and minimum temperature, vapour pressure and potential evapotranspiration.

This dataset was produced in 2017 by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia and extends CRU CY 3.24.01.

Spatial averages are calculated using area-weighted means. CRU CY3.25 is derived directly from the CRU TS3.25 dataset. CRU CY version 3.25 spans the period 1901-2016 for 289 countries.

To understand the CRU-CY3.25 dataset, it is important to understand the construction and limitations of the underlying dataset, CRU TS3.25. It is therefore recommended that all users read the Harris et al, 2014 paper listed in the online documentation on this record.

CRU CY data are available for download to all CEDA users.