Salish Sea Bioregion Summer Minimum Temperature Contours

1991-2020 average summer minimum temperature for the Salish Sea Bioregion. Created for the Salish Sea Atlas (wp.wwu.edu/SalishSeaAtlas). Average summer (June-August) minimum temperature for the Salish Sea Bioregion. 1991-2020 average climate variables were statistically downscaled to 90 meter resolution using the standalone ClimateNA software based on elevations from the Salish Sea Atlas's Digital Elevation Model. The data were converted to raster format for analysis and clipped to the Salish Sea Atlas's bioregional boundary dataset. All processing and analysis was completed using the NAD 83 UTM Zone 10 N coordinate system. For visualization purposes, raster climate datasets were reclassified into discrete ranges of values, then converted to vector polygons. Simplified attributes were calculated for each polygon. Gridded raster versions of the data can be downloaded from the Salish Sea Atlas data portal.