monthly

metadata

property	value
name	monthly
original name	monthly
url	here

datasets

climate_indices

metadata

property	value
name	climate_indices
original name	climate_indices/kl
description	Historical monthly counts of tropical nights and of frost, summer, hot and ice days for Germany, derived from the daily climate observations.
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
count_days_tropical_night	mo_tropennaechte	Monthly number of tropical nights, counted over the day from 00 to 23 hours.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_frost	mo_frosttage	Monthly number of frost days.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_summer	mo_sommertage	Monthly number of summer days.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_hot	mo_heisse_tage	Monthly number of hot days.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_ice	mo_eistage	Monthly number of ice days.	dimensionless	>=0
quality_general	qn_4	Quality flag published by the source for the values in the same dataset.	dimensionless	-

climate_summary

metadata

property	value
name	climate_summary
original name	kl
description	Monthly station observations (temperature, precipitation, sunshine duration, wind and cloud cover) for Germany (details)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
cloud_cover_total	mo_n	Monthly mean of cloud cover.	1/8	>=0,<=8
temperature_air_mean_2m	mo_tt	Monthly mean of the daily mean air temperature 2 m above ground.	°C	-
temperature_air_max_2m_mean	mo_tx	Monthly mean of daily temperature maxima at 2 m above ground.	°C	-
temperature_air_min_2m_mean	mo_tn	Monthly mean of daily temperature minima in 2 m above ground.	°C	-
sunshine_duration	mo_sd_s	Monthly sum of sunshine duration.	h	>=0
wind_force_beaufort	mo_fk	Monthly mean of daily wind speed Bft.	Bft	>=0
temperature_air_max_2m	mx_tx	Monthly maximum of daily temperature maxima in 2 m above ground.	°C	-
wind_gust_max	mx_fx	Monthly maximum of daily wind speed.	Bft	>=0
temperature_air_min_2m	mx_tn	Monthly minimum of daily temperature minima in 2 m above ground.	°C	-
precipitation_height	mo_rr	Monthly sum of precipitation height.	mm	>=0
precipitation_height_max	mx_rs	Monthly maximum of daily precipitation height.	mm	>=0
quality_general	qn_4	Quality level of the data in the following columns.	dimensionless	-
quality_precipitation	qn_6	Quality level of the data in the following columns.	dimensionless	-

precipitation_indices

metadata

property	value
name	precipitation_indices
original name	climate_indices/precip
description	Historical monthly counts of days reaching precipitation heights of 0.1 to 20 mm and snow depths of 1 and 5 cm for Germany, derived from the daily precipitation observations.
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
count_days_precipitation_height_ge_0_1mm	mo_rr_ge_0_1_mm	Monthly number of days with a precipitation height of at least 0.1 mm.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_precipitation_height_ge_1mm	mo_rr_ge_1_0_mm	Monthly number of days with a precipitation height of at least 1.0 mm.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_precipitation_height_ge_2_5mm	mo_rr_ge_2_5_mm	Monthly number of days with a precipitation height of at least 2.5 mm.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_precipitation_height_ge_5mm	mo_rr_ge_5_0_mm	Monthly number of days with a precipitation height of at least 5.0 mm.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_precipitation_height_ge_10mm	mo_rr_ge_10_0_mm	Monthly number of days with a precipitation height of at least 10.0 mm.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_precipitation_height_ge_20mm	mo_rr_ge_20_0_mm	Monthly number of days with a precipitation height of at least 20.0 mm.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_snow_depth_ge_1cm	mo_sh_ge_1_0_cm	Monthly number of days with a snow depth of at least 1.0 cm.	dimensionless	>=0
count_days_snow_depth_ge_5cm	mo_sh_ge_5_0_cm	Monthly number of days with a snow depth of at least 5.0 cm.	dimensionless	>=0
quality	qn_6	Quality flag published by the source for the values in the same dataset.	dimensionless	-

precipitation_more

metadata

property	value
name	precipitation_more
original name	more_precip
description	Monthly precipitation observations for Germany (details)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
snow_depth_new	mo_nsh	Monthly sum of daily fresh snow.	cm	>=0
precipitation_height	mo_rr	Monthly sum of precipitation height.	mm	>=0
snow_depth	mo_sh_s	Monthly sum of daily height of snow pack.	cm	>=0
precipitation_height_max	mx_rs	Monthly maximum of daily precipitation height.	mm	>=0
quality	qn_6	Quality flag published by the source for the values in the same dataset.	dimensionless	-

weather_phenomena

metadata

property	value
name	weather_phenomena
original name	weather_phenomena
description	Counts of weather phenomena fog, thunder, storm (strong wind), storm (stormier wind), dew, glaze, ripe, sleet and hail for stations of Germany (details missing, parameter descriptions here)
access	here

parameters

name	original name	description	unit	constraints
count_weather_type_fog	mo_nebel	Count of days with fog of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_thunder	mo_gewitter	Count of days with thunder of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_storm_strong_wind	mo_sturm_6	Count of days with storm (strong wind) of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_storm_stormier_wind	mo_sturm_8	Count of days with storm (stormier wind) of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_dew	mo_tau	Count of days with dew of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_glaze	mo_glatteis	Count of days with glaze of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_sleet	mo_graupel	Count of days with sleet of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
count_weather_type_hail	mo_hagel	Count of days with hail of stations in Germany.	-	>=0
quality	qn_4	Quality flag published by the source for the values in the same dataset.	dimensionless	-