ca43505702fa4eeeba4b65f1ce2c1e6a English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 f1e8696c6d5746e694fde4d6022e5a36 dataset NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-27T02:27:32 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Seasonal Mean, Minimum and Maximum Central England Temperature (HadCET) series v2.1.0.0 2025-06-05T10:52:03 publication 2025-06-05T10:52:03 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ca43505702fa4eeeba4b65f1ce2c1e6a ca43505702fa4eeeba4b65f1ce2c1e6a NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 10.5285/ca43505702fa4eeeba4b65f1ce2c1e6a doi The Central England Temperature (HadCET) seasonal series starts in 1659 for mean temperature and 1878 for minimum and maximum temperature. 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 seasonal temperature series are derived as the mean of the monthly temperature series values. Stations used in the construction of the CET daily series between 1772 and 1852 include: Kennington, Crane Court, Lyndon Hall, Syon House, Somerset House, Greenwich Observatory, Chiswick Stations used in the construction of the CET daily series from 1853 onwards include: Radcliffe (Oxford), Cambridge (legacy), Ross-on-Wye, Rothamsted, Malvern, Stonyhurst, Ringway, Squires Gate, Pershore College The current station selection used is Rothamsted, Stonyhurst and Pershore College. The dataset is compiled by the Met Office Hadley Centre. Latest provisional release data are available via the Hadley Centre Observations website (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html). The version controlled CET series is updated annually (February-March), with the previous complete year’s values refreshed to ensure that data acquisition and quality control procedures have been completed and ensure the most accurate station temperature values are used. Each version of the dataset will include data up until the end of the previous complete year and an incremental version number will be updated. The CET datasets employ the following version control protocol: Version Vx.y.z.a: • x – major changes – e.g. change in scientific methodology • y – minor changes – e.g. small bug fixes or updates to diagnostics pages • z – incremental changes • a – reserved for use internally The standard annual release cycle of CET will constitute an incremental release (z). However, if more substantial changes have been made to the codebase, scientific methodology or source data values, then this may warrant a minor (y) or major (x) version release. (Note, these are applied to a cohort of datasets together - i.e. apply to the seasonal, monthly, daily and adjustment datasets as a coordinated version release). This new version of the datasets supersedes the previous version. Met Office author 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk author NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis custodian 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis distributor 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis point_of_contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis publisher 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset HadCET temperature Hadley Met Office atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users. otherRestrictions 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. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -4.0 1.0 51.0 54.0 1659-01-01T00:00:00 2024-12-31T23:59:59 Data are BADC-CSV formatted NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Data Center Contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ca43505702fa4eeeba4b65f1ce2c1e6a CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-cet/data/v2.1.0.0/seasonal/ DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3370120402 Parker, D.E., Legg, T.P. and Folland, C.K. (1992), A new daily central England temperature series, 1772–1991. Int. J. Climatol., 12: 317-342. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3370120402 No further details. information https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15131212 Packman, S., & Met Office. (2025). Process flow of the Met Office HadCET daily and monthly series construction. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15131212 No further details. information http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49707934006 Manley, G. (1953), The mean temperature of central England, 1698–1952. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 79: 242-261. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49707934006 No further details. information http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcet/graphs/index.html HadCET plots for the current and previous years from the Hadley Centre No further details. information https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/2e55ac8a-97ef-41bf-813a-f6499680dfb3/gdj3284-fig-0001-m.png HadCET Representative Map No further details. information https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/data_format.html HadCET File Format Explained No further details. information http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49710042511 Manley, G. (1974), Central England temperatures: Monthly means 1659 to 1973. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 100: 389-405. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49710042511 No further details. information https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1190 Parker, D. and Horton, B. (2005), Uncertainties in central England temperature 1878–2003 and some improvements to the maximum and minimum series. Int. J. Climatol., 25: 1173-1188. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1190 No further details. information https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15358568 Met Office, & Packman, S. (2025). HadCET v2.1.0.0 release notes. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15358568 No further details. information dataset 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 2010-12-08 The HadCET dataset is produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre and frequently updated on the Hadley Centre observations datasets webpage. This is a finalised version of the dataset that has been delivered by the Met Office Hadley Centre for long-term archiving at the NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).