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GDO Warm Spell Daily Maximum Temperature Exceedance ERA5 (version 2.0.0)

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Daily maximum temperature exceedance over the 90th-percentile climatological daily maximum temperature, calculated from ERA5 temperature data. Temperature in degrees Celsius (°C). Spatial resolution: 0.25 decimal degrees.

Contributors

EDO European and Global Drought Observatories

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): GDO Warm Spell Daily Maximum Temperature Exceedance ERA5 (version 2.0.0). [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.1RKJ2CG PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/245c0c80-92c6-4a39-8bbd-3809c0ee6c51

Keywords

AnomalyCEMSCopernicusDroughtsEuropean Drought Observatory (EDO)Global Drought Observatory (GDO)Temperature

Data access

Data Download URL
NetCDF

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Downloadable file

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Use conditions
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

Other resources

Warm Spell and Cold Spell Duration and Intensity Indicators Factsheet
PDF

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Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

According to the European Commission reuse notice, reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12 December 2011. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Therefore users are advised to refer to the copyright notices of the individual websites maintained under Europa and of the individual documents. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties.

Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

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)
World
Issued date
2025-01-17
Created date
17 Jan 2025 17:01
Modified date
17 Jul 2025 14:56
Landing page
https://drought.emergency.copernicus.eu/ 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/245c0c80-92c6-4a39-8bbd-3809c0ee6c51
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