Monthly Mean, Minimum and Maximum Central England Temperature (HadCET) series v2.0.0.0

The Central England Temperature (HadCET) monthly series start in 1659 for mean temperature and 1878 for minimum and maximum temperature.

These historical temperature series are representative of the Midlands region in England, UK (a roughly triangular area of the United Kingdom enclosed by Bristol, Lancashire and London).

The monthly temperature series are derived as the mean of the daily temperature series values.

For mean temperature, the monthly values from 1659 to 1771 are derived directly from Gordon Manley's monthly mean values.

Stations used in the construction of the CET daily series between 1772 and 1852 include: Kennington, Crane Court, Lyndon Hall, Syon House, Somerset House, Greenwich Observatory, Chiswick

Stations used in the construction of the CET daily series from 1853 onwards include: Radcliffe (Oxford), Cambridge (legacy), Ross-on-Wye, Rothamsted, Malvern, Stonyhurst, Ringway, Squires Gate, Pershore College

The current station selection used is Rothamsted, Stonyhurst and Pershore College.

The dataset is compiled by the Met Office Hadley Centre.

Latest provisional release data are available via the Hadley Centre Observations website (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html).