Monthly Climatic Data for the World

Monthly Climatic Data for the World (MCDW) states in its description that “[M]onthly issues contain monthly mean temperature, pressure, precipitation, vapor pressure, and sunshine for approximately 2,000 surface data collection stations worldwide and monthly mean upper air temperatures, dew point depressions, and wind velocities for approximately 500 observing sites”. One has to remember though, that not all of this data has always been collected. Data collection standards have changed over the years, as well as statistical requirements of reporting stations. Keeping that caveat in mind, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has done an impressive job with providing...