Hadley Center Central England Temperature (HadCET) Dataset

The CET dataset is the longest instrumental record of temperature in the world.

Originator: Tim Leg (Met Office HAdley Centre for Climate Change).

These daily and monthly temperatures are representative of a roughly triangular area of the United Kingdom enclosed by Lancashire, London and Bristol. The monthly series, which begins in 1659, is the longest available instrumental record of temperature in the world. The daily mean-temperature series begins in 1772. Manley (1953, 1974) compiled most of the monthly series, covering 1659 to 1973. These data were updated to 1991 by Parker et al (1992), who also calculated the daily series. Both series are now kept up to date by the Climate Data Monitoring section of the Hadley Centre, Met Office. Since 1974 the data have been adjusted to allow for urban warming: currently a correction of -0.2 °C is applied to mean temperatures.

Examples

Basic Examples

Retrieve the resource:

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Display 5 year moving average of central England temperature.

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DateListPlot[
MovingAverage[
ResourceData[
"Hadley Center Central England Temperature (HadCET) Dataset"], Quantity[5, "Years"]], PlotTheme -> "Detailed", PlotLabel -> "Central England five yr. moving average temperature"]

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Bibliographic Citation

Diego Zviovich, "Hadley Center Central England Temperature (HadCET) Dataset" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2022)

Data Resource History

Date Created: 11 March 2019

Source Metadata

Publisher: Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change
Date: 17 February 2019
Language: English
Source: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/
Citation:
- Parker, D.E., T.P. Legg, and C.K. Folland. 1992. A new daily Central England Temperature Series, 1772-1991. Int. J. Clim., Vol 12, pp 317-342

Publisher Information

Prepared for the Wolfram Data Repository By: Diego Zviovich
Publisher of Record: Diego Zviovich