dataset · Europe

Windstorm tracks and footprints derived from reanalysis over Europe between 1940 to present

This dataset provides climate indicators of windstorms associated with extratropical cyclones, derived from the fifth generation of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) atmospheric reanalyses (ERA5) over a pan-European domain. Developed as part of Copernicus Climate Change Service's (C3S) Enhanced Windstorm Service (EWS), and responding to requirements from users in the insurance sector, this dataset extends the previous C3S Windstorm Service (winter months only) to inc

Source details

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Evidence quality: 27.5

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

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

Evidence

• https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/catalogue/v1/collections/sis-european-wind-storm-reanalysis
• https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sis-european-wind-storm-reanalysis

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