Dataset: Mean monthly temperature at Rothamsted October 1985-September 2017

Citation:  Sarah Perryman, Tony Scott, Chris Hall (2020). Mean monthly temperature at Rothamsted October 1985-September 2017 Electronic Rothamsted Archive, Rothamsted Research 10.23637/rmsmmtemp10850917
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Summary

This dataset represents the mean monthly temperature at Rothamsted from October 1985 - September 2017 and is based on continuous daily records measured at the site.

Methods

The mean daily temperature is measured over a 24 hour period 0900 to 0900 GMT and calculated from the daily maximum (Tmax) and minimum temperatures (Tmin); the mean daily tamperature = (Tmax = Tmin)/2. The temperature is recorded at 1.5 m height above the ground surface within a naturally aspirating temperature unit (Stevenson screen). Temperature was first recorded in 1878, Tmax was then measured using a mercury column thermometer and Tmin using a spirit-in-glass with indicator bar minimum thermometer. Data were collected daily manually until 2004 using a standard protocol. Since 2004, temperatures have been recorded automatically by Automatic Weather Station thermistors (electronic temperature probes, Campbell Scientific, Type 107).

Technical Information

Location: Rothamsted Meteorological Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England 51.82 N 0.37 W 128 m asl.

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Contributors

  • Sarah Perryman: Data manager
  • Margaret Glendining: Data manager
  • Andrew Macdonald: Project manager
  • Richard Ostler: Project leader
  • Tony Scott: Data collector
  • Nathalie Castells: Project member
  • Chris Hall: Data collector

Dataset Access and Conditions

Rights Holder

Rothamsted Research

License

Creative Commons License This dataset is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence (4.0).

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YOU MUST CITE AS: Sarah Perryman, Tony Scott, Chris Hall (2020). Dataset: Mean monthly temperature at Rothamsted October 1985-September 2017 Electronic Rothamsted Archive, Rothamsted Research https://doi.org/10.23637/rmsmmtemp10850917

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Conditions of Use

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The monthly summary data contained in this spreadsheet are derived from daily data measured at Rothamsted Meteorological Station, Harpenden. Total monthly data is determined from daily data using Genstat 19th Edition.

Verification includes checks for instrument errors, for missing data and outliers.

The original raw daily data is available, after registering, from the e-RA database. Please contact the e-RA Curators for an access password and further details.

  • The dataset Mean monthly temperature at Rothamsted October 1985-September 2017 is a published dataset from the e-RA Database. e-RA is part of the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments - National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (RLTE-NBRI), which also covers maintenance of the Long-Term Experiments, the Rothamsted Sample Archive and Rothamsted's environmental monitoring activities including the weather stations and its role in the UK Environmental Change Network
  • The RLTE-NBRI is funded by UK Research and Innovation - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UKRI-BBSRC) under award BBS/E/RH/23NB0007 (2023-2028). The RLTE-NBRI is also supported by the Lawes Agricultural Trust. e-RA has been part of a National Capability since 2012, previous awards from the BBSRC were Grants BBS/E/C/00005189 (2012-2017) and BBS/E/C/000J0300 (2017-2022)
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For further information and assistance, please contact the e-RA curators, Sarah Perryman and Margaret Glendining using the e-RA email address: era@rothamsted.ac.uk