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Nordic gridded temperature and precipitation data from 1961 to present derived from in-situ observations

The Nordic Gridded Climate Dataset (NGCD) is a high resolution, observational, gridded dataset of daily minimum, maximum and mean temperatures and daily precipitation totals, covering Finland, Sweden and Norway. The time period covered begins in January 1961 and continues to the present. Spatial interpolation methods are applied to observational datasets to create gridded datasets. In general, there are three types of such methods: deterministic (type 1), stochastic (type 2) and pure mathematica

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Source details

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Evidence quality: 34.5

Listed in cds public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: daily maximum temperature · daily mean temperature · daily minimum temperature · daily precipitation total
Coverage docs-verified: Fennoscandia (Finland, Norway, Sweden) · From 1961 to present
Resolution docs-verified: 1 km x 1 km spatial; daily temporal
Update frequency docs-verified: Consolidated data every 6 months, in March and September
Formats docs-verified: NetCDF-4
Access docs-verified: CC-BY licence (entry metadata states CC-BY-4.0); no auth required per entry metadata (auth: null)

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Long-term daily rainfall record for Fennoscandian site studies · Historical daily temperature series for climate baseline in Finland, Norway or Sweden projects · Gridded daily precipitation and temperature inputs for hydrological model calibration in Fennoscandia
Audience llm-inferred: hydrologists · climate consultants · water resources engineers working in Fennoscandia

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: No coverage outside Fennoscandia (Finland, Norway, Sweden), so not directly applicable to UK sites · Consolidated releases only twice a year, so the most recent period may lag · Gridded values are interpolated from station observations, so accuracy depends on station density

Evidence

Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.