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Cambridge Historical Monthly Weather Archive
Environmental Monitoring
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Tracking over sixty years of meteorological patterns in Cambridge provides a vital resource for understanding long-term climate shifts in the East of England. This collection consolidates monthly observations of temperature, precipitation, and sunshine from 1959 to 2023, offering a clear view of the region's environmental history. Originally sourced from official UK government records, the data has been processed to remove estimation markers and handle missing entries, ensuring compatibility with modern analytical tools. It serves as a foundational record for anyone looking to study the nuances of British weather through the lens of a historic university city.
Columns
- year: The specific year of observation in YYYY format, ranging from 1959 to 2023.
- month: The numerical month of the year (01 to 12).
- tmax: The maximum daily temperature recorded during the specific month, measured in degrees Celsius.
- tmin: The minimum daily temperature recorded during the specific month, measured in degrees Celsius.
- af: The total number of days within the month where air frost was recorded.
- rain: The total monthly rainfall measured in millimetres.
- sun_hr: The total duration of sunshine recorded throughout the month, measured in hours.
Distribution
The data is delivered in a single CSV file titled
CambridgeMonthlyWeather.csv with a file size of approximately 22.32 kB. It consists of 779 valid records, maintaining a 100% validity rate across all seven columns. While the archive is highly reliable, any instances where data was missing for more than two days in a month have been specifically marked with a value of -1 to facilitate clean data processing.Usage
This resource is ideal for performing time-series analysis to identify seasonal trends or anomalous weather events in the United Kingdom. It is well-suited for building predictive models that forecast future temperature fluctuations based on historical decadal patterns. Additionally, researchers can use these records to calculate moving averages for rainfall or to correlate the frequency of air frost days with broader environmental changes over the last half-century.
Coverage
The geographic scope is focused on Cambridge, England, at an elevation of 26 metres above mean sea level (Lat 52.245, Lon 0.102). Temporally, the collection offers a thorough longitudinal perspective spanning from 1959 through to early 2023. The demographic focus is not applicable as the data represents environmental measurements, though it provides a environmental context for the entire Cambridge metropolitan area.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Climate scientists and environmental researchers can leverage these records to study regional climate variability and long-term heating trends. Data science students and beginners will find the well-structured, 100% valid date fields perfect for practising data visualisation and regression. Furthermore, local agricultural planners and gardeners in the East of England might utilise the historical frost and sunshine metrics to better understand the local growing season.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Cambridge Historical Monthly Weather Archive (1959-2023)
- Sixty-Year Meteorological Profile of Cambridge, England
- Cambridge Temperature, Rainfall, and Sun-Hour Registry
- East of England Monthly Climate Time-Series
- UK Government Cambridge Weather Observation Records
Attributes
Original Data Source: Cambridge Historical Monthly Weather Archive
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