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--- Version 2.1.0 (current): Daily maximum near-surface temperature in degrees Celsius from MARSMet. Spatial resolution: 10 km. Used to compute warm and cold spell duration and intensity datasets.

--- Version 1.0.0 (dismissed): Daily interpolated maximum temperature using around 4000 weather stations across Europe and its surrounding areas. The data are interpolated using an inverse distance algorithm searching stations within 200 km distance. Up to a maximum of 20 stations are considered. A correction for elevation takes place using a factor of 0.65 degrees Celsius per 100 meter. The interpolation is done on a 0.25 decimal degree grid. The temperature results were being used to compute heat- and cold waves and moments of potentially dangerous temperatures for human beings.

Contributors

EDO European and Global Drought Observatories; JRC Monitoring Agricultural Resources (MARS) Unit

How to cite

EDO European and Global Drought Observatories (2026): EDO Maximum Daily Temperature MARSMet (version 2.1.0). European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.8J6C07G PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/092617de-bce2-43eb-bb88-f4842c696789

Keywords

CEMSCopernicusDroughtsEuropean Drought Observatory (EDO)Heat and Cold wavesMARSMetTemperature

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Heat and Cold Wave Index (HCWI)
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  • This Factsheet provides a detailed technical description of the indicator Heat and Cold Wave Index (HCWI), which is implemented in the Copernicus European Drought Observatory (EDO), and which is used for detecting and characterizing periods of extreme-temperature anomalies (i.e. heat and coldwaves). The meteorological variables upon which the HCWI indicator produced by EDO is based, Maximum/ Minimum Daily Temperature are also described in this document.

Publications

Publication
Towards a monitoring system of temperature extremes in Europe
Lavaysse, C., C. Cammalleri, A. Dosio, G. van der Schrier, A. Toreti, and J. Vogt. 2018. Towards a monitoring system of temperature extremes in Europe. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18, 91-104. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-91-2018

Spatial coverage

Temporal coverage

From date To date
1991-01-01 N/A

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
JRC-EMS-DROUGHT (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
daily

The event occurs once a day.

Language(s)
English

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Data theme(s)
Environment

dataset theme covering the domain of environment, defined as the interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources that impact human survival and economic activity

Geographical name(s)
Europe
Issued date
2021-03-30
Created date
04 May 2021 10:12
Modified date
01 Apr 2026 15:13
Landing page
https://drought.emergency.copernicus.eu/ 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/092617de-bce2-43eb-bb88-f4842c696789
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