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Trends in warm days across Europe

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Figure Created 22 Jun 2015 Published 13 Jul 2015 Last modified 01 Jun 2016

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Observed trends in warm days across Europe between 1960 and 2015

Topics: Climate change adaptation ,

How to read the map: Warm days are defined as being above the 90th percentile of the daily maximum temperature. Grid boxes outlined in solid black contain at least 3 stations and so are likely to be more representative of the grid-box. Higher confidence in the long-term trend is shown by a black dot.

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Last upload:

22 Jun 2015

Temporal coverage:

1960-2014

Tags:

climate change , climate , extreme temperatures

Geographic coverage:

Albania , Austria , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99) , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Montenegro , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Turkey , United Kingdom

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days/decade

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Access is managed by the owner mentioned below. Please contact the owner for more information about their data policy.

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Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)

UK Met Office

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European Environment Agency (EEA)

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Map

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Geographical coverage note: Europe

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Data references

HadEX2 - global climate extremes dataset

HadEX2 - global climate extremes dataset HadEX2 is a global land-based climate extremes dataset produced through the coordination of the joint WMO CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) . It comprises of 27 indices of temperature and precipitation on a 2.5° x 3.75° grid from 1901 to 2010. The indices represent seasonal and/or annual values derived from daily station data. Data are calculated using RClimDex/FClimDex software; developed and maintained on behalf of the ETCCDI by the Climate Research Branch of the Meteorological Service of Canada.

Daily dataset of 20th-century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment

Daily dataset of 20th-century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment Haylock et al, 2009 Klein Tank, A.M.G et al, 2002 Int. J. of Climatol. 22, 1441-1453

E-OBS gridded dataset

E-OBS gridded dataset E-OBS gridded version of the ECA dataset (netCDF) with daily temperature, precipitation and pressure fields The ECA dataset contains series of daily observations at meteorological stations throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. Temperature data from E-OBS (KNMI) the ENSEMBLE FP6 project

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17 May 2013 - Trends in warm days across Europe
17 May 2013 - Trends in warm days across Europe
04 Apr 2012 - Trends in warm days across Europe
04 Apr 2011 - Observed changes in warm spells indices 1976-2010 (in days per decade)
03 Apr 2008 - Changes in duration of warm spells in summer across Europe, in the period 1976-2006 (in days per decade)
06 Jun 2005 - Changes in duration of heat waves in Europe, in the period 1976-1999 (both in days per decade)

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