Dataset
Monthly Mean, Minimum and Maximum Central England Temperature (HadCET) series v2.0.1.0
Abstract
The Central England Temperature (HadCET) monthly series start 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 monthly temperature series are derived as the mean of the daily temperature series values.
For mean temperature, the monthly values from 1659 to 1771 are derived directly from Gordon Manley's monthly mean 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: apr_year
- long_name: April rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: aug_year
- long_name: August rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: dec_year
- long_name: December rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: feb_year
- long_name: February rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: jan_year
- long_name: January rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: jul_year
- long_name: July rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: jun_year
- long_name: June rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: mar_year
- long_name: March rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: may_year
- long_name: May rank year
- units: degC
- var_id: apr
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for April
- units: degC
- var_id: aug
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for August
- units: degC
- var_id: dec
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for December
- units: degC
- var_id: feb
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for February
- units: degC
- var_id: jan
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for January
- units: degC
- var_id: jul
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for July
- units: degC
- var_id: jun
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for June
- units: degC
- var_id: mar
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for March
- units: degC
- var_id: may
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for May
- units: degC
- var_id: nov
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for November
- units: degC
- var_id: oct
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for October
- units: degC
- var_id: sep
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature value for September
- units: degC
- var_id: apr
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for April
- units: degC
- var_id: aug
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for August
- units: degC
- var_id: dec
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for December
- units: degC
- var_id: feb
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for February
- units: degC
- var_id: jan
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for January
- units: degC
- var_id: jul
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for July
- units: degC
- var_id: jun
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for June
- units: degC
- var_id: mar
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for March
- units: degC
- var_id: may
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for May
- units: degC
- var_id: nov
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for November
- units: degC
- var_id: oct
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for October
- units: degC
- var_id: sep
- long_name: Monthly Central England Temperature values for September
- units: 1
- var_id: nov_year
- long_name: November rank year
- units: 1
- var_id: oct_year
- long_name: October 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: 1
- var_id: sep_year
- long_name: September rank year
- var_id: year
- units: year
- long_name: Year of series value
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
1659-01-01T00:00:00
2023-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
54.0000° |
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-4.0000° |
1.0000° |
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51.0000° |