Dataset
Seasonal Mean, Minimum and Maximum Central England Temperature (HadCET) series v2.0.0.0
Abstract
The Central England Temperature (HadCET) seasonal series starts 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 seasonal temperature series are derived as the mean of the monthly temperature series 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).
Details
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
The HadCET dataset is produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre and frequently updated on the Hadley Centre observations datasets webpage. This is a finalised version of the dataset that has been delivered by the Met Office Hadley Centre for long-term archiving at the NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). |
| Data Quality: |
Data is quality-controlled by the Met Office.
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| File Format: |
Data are BADC-CSV formatted
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Related Documents
Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Oxford Radcliffe temperature sensor | Deployed on: Met Office: Oxford Radcliffe |
| Pershore College temperature sensor | Deployed on: Met Office: Pershore Collage |
| Ross-on-Wye temperature sensor | Deployed on: Met Office: Ross-on-Wye |
| Rothamsted temperature sensor | Deployed on: Met Office: Rothamsted |
| Malvern temperature sensor | Deployed on: Met Office: Malvern |
| Squires Gate Temperature sensor | Deployed on: Met Office: Squires Gate |
| Ringway temperature sensor | Deployed on: Met Office: Ringway |
| Stonyhurst temperature sensor | Deployed on: Met Office: Stonyhurst |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | Met Office Hadley Centre Daily Central England Temperature series v2 Data Processing Procedure |
| Abstract | The Met Office Hadley Centre Central England Temperature series is computed through a series of processes applied to temperature observations from a range of sites around Central England. For a description of this process please see Packman (2025, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15131212) linked to on this record. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- units: degC
- var_id: annual
- long_name: Annual Central England Temperature value
- units: degC
- var_id: annual
- long_name: Annual Central England Temperature values
- units: 1
- var_id: autumn_year
- long_name: Autumn rank year
- units: s
- var_id: rank
- long_name: Rank
- units: 1
- var_id: year
- long_name: Rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: rank_reverse
- long_name: Reverse rank
- units: degC
- var_id: autumn
- long_name: Seasonal Central England Temperature value for Autumn
- units: degC
- var_id: spring
- long_name: Seasonal Central England Temperature value for Spring
- units: degC
- var_id: summer
- long_name: Seasonal Central England Temperature value for Summer
- units: degC
- var_id: winter
- long_name: Seasonal Central England Temperature value for Winter
- units: degC
- var_id: autumn
- long_name: Seasonal Central England Temperature values for Autumn
- units: degC
- var_id: spring
- long_name: Seasonal Central England Temperature values for Spring
- units: degC
- var_id: summer
- long_name: Seasonal Central England Temperature values for Summer
- units: degC
- var_id: winter
- long_name: Seasonal Central England Temperature values for Winter
- units: 1
- var_id: spring_year
- long_name: Spring rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: summer_year
- long_name: Summer rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: winter_year
- long_name: Winter rank year
- var_id: year
- units: year
- long_name: Year of series value
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
1659-01-01T00:00:00
2022-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
54.0000° |
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-4.0000° |
1.0000° |
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51.0000° |