gridMET

The gridMET dataset provides near real-time daily surface meteorological information from 1979 to the present. The dataset covers the contiguous United States and southern British Columbia, Canada, with spatial resolution of ~4 km (1/24th degree). Data is updated daily with the most recent available data for the previous day. The dataset provides a range of surface meteorological variables, such as temperature, humidity, and wind speed, that are used as inputs for ecological models. Additionally, gridMET provides several variables, such as the burning index and energy release component, that are used by fire management agencies to assess wildfire potential. The meteorology dataset is produced using climatically aided interpolation with a combination of a higher spatial resolution dataset (PRISM) and a long-term higher temporal resolution dataset (NLDAS-2)