NUS Republican China Weather Database

Systematic data on Chinese weather prior to 1949 is very sparse. Such data is important to better understand both long-term regional climate variability and the social and economic consequences of weather shocks. Here, we compile 463,025 instrumental observations of daily temperature, precipitation, and sunshine at up to 330 sites in China during the Nationalist era, 1912-49. The principal sources are monthly reports of the Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, North China Meteorological Section of the Japanese Army, and observatories in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. This new dataset provides a valuable dataset for scientific and academic research. Variable List<br> A. Name: station<br> Description: Station B. Name: author<br> Description: Author C. Name: source<br> Description: Source D. Name: archive<br> Description: Archive E. Name: year<br> Description: Year F. Name: month<br> Description: Month G. Name: day<br> Description: Day H. Name: tmin<br> Description: Daily low temperature I. Name: tmax<br> Description: Daily high temperature J. Name: prec<br> Description: Daily precipitation K. Name: ssd<br> Description: Daily sunshine hours L. Name: archive<br> Description: Archive holding source M. Name: latitude<br> Description: Latitude N. Name: longitude<br> Description: Longitude O. Name: elevation<br> Description: Elevation (metres) P. Name: minmax<br> Description: Minimum temperature exceeds maximum<br> <br> Q. Name: tmax_jump<br> Description: Jump in maximum temperature R. Name: tmin_jump <br> Description: Jump in minimum temperature S. Name: prec_jump <br> Description: Jump in precipitation R. Name: tmin_jump <br> Description: Jump in sunshine hours T. Name: tmax_hmm<br> Description: Maximum temperature corrected for rounding U. Name: tmin_hmm <br> Description: Minimum temperature corrected for rounding V. Name: prec_hmm<br> Description: Precipitation corrected for rounding W. Name: tmin_hmm <br> Description: Sunshine hours corrected for rounding X. Name: tmax_bp<br> Description: Break point in maximum temperature Y. Name: tmin_bp <br> Description: Break point in minimum temperature Z. Name: prec_bp <br> Description: Break point in precipitation AA. Name: tmin_bp <br> Description: Break point in sunshine hours