Monthly Mean, Minimum and Maximum Central England Temperature series

The longest available instrumental record of temperature in the world is now available at the BADC. The monthly data starts in 1659.



The mean, minimum and maximum datasets are updated monthly, with data for a month usually available by the 3rd of the next month. A provisional CET value for the current month is calculated on a daily basis. The mean monthly data series begins in 1659. Mean maximum and minimum daily and monthly data are also available, beginning in 1878.



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 following stations are used by the Met Office to compile the CET data: Rothamsted, Malvern, Squires Gate and Ringway.



But in November 2004, the weather station Stonyhurst replaced Ringway and revised urban warming and bias adjustments have now been applied to the Stonyhurst data after a period of reduced reliability from the station in the summer months.



The data set is compiled by the Met Office Hadley Centre.

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Date (Publication)
2007-01-06T00:01:04
Date (Creation)
2007-01-06T00:01:04
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/37acfb4514ca4ef7b711e2cf568280a4
Citation identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 37acfb4514ca4ef7b711e2cf568280a4
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC)

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 		Author

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Custodian

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

pointofContact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Publisher
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Update scope
Dataset
Keywords

  • HadCET

  • temperature

  • Hadley

  • Met Office

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
Grid
Language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1659-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2022-07-31T23:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
Name Version

ASCII
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/37acfb4514ca4ef7b711e2cf568280a4

CEDA Data Catalogue Page
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-cet/data/v1.0.0.0/monthly

DOWNLOAD
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/cet_record_breakers.html

HadCET Record Breakers
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49710042511

Manley G., 1974
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49707934006

Manley G., 1953
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-cet/doc/ParkerHorton_CET_IJOC_2005.pdf

Parker D.E. and Horton E.B., 2005
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcet/graphs/index.html

HadCET plots for the current and previous years from the Hadley Centre
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-cet/doc/Parker_etalIJOC1992_dailyCET.pdf

Parker D.E. et al., 1992
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/cet/map.html

HadCET Representative Map
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/cet/cethelp.html

HadCET File Format Explained
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

HadCET was acquired in 1998 by the BADC from the Met Office Hadley Centre and was routinely updated until August 2022.

Metadata

File identifier
37acfb4514ca4ef7b711e2cf568280a4 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
a946415f9345f6da9bf4c475c19477b6

a946415f9345f6da9bf4c475c19477b6
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-01-09T03:06:19
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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