WorldClim Climatology V1

  • WorldClim version 1 provides average monthly global climate data from 1960 to 1991, including minimum, mean, and maximum temperature, and precipitation.

  • The dataset, developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has a spatial resolution of 927.67 meters.

  • Data is provided in four bands: tavg (mean temperature), tmin (minimum temperature), tmax (maximum temperature), and prec (precipitation).

  • It is available for use under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license and can be accessed through Google Earth Engine.

  • The dataset is useful for a variety of applications, such as climate change studies, species distribution modeling, and ecosystem analysis.
WORLDCLIM/V1/MONTHLY
Dataset Availability
1960-01-01T00:00:00Z–1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("WORLDCLIM/V1/MONTHLY")
Climatological Interval
1 Month
Tags
berkeley climate monthly precipitation temperature weather worldclim

Description

WorldClim version 1 has average monthly global climate data for minimum, mean, and maximum temperature and for precipitation.

WorldClim version 1 was developed by Robert J. Hijmans, Susan Cameron, and Juan Parra, at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with Peter Jones and Andrew Jarvis (CIAT), and with Karen Richardson (Rainforest CRC).

Bands

Pixel Size
927.67 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Scale Pixel Size Description
tavg °C -53.6* 39.4* 0.1 meters

Mean temperature
tmin °C -57.3* 32.5* 0.1 meters

Minimum temperature
tmax °C -50* 49* 0.1 meters

Maximum temperature
prec mm 0* 2949* meters

Precipitation
* estimated min or max value

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name Type Description
month DOUBLE

Month

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

CC-BY-SA-4.0

Citations

Citations:

  • Hijmans, R.J., S.E. Cameron, J.L. Parra, P.G. Jones and A. Jarvis, 2005. Very High Resolution Interpolated Climate Surfaces for Global Land Areas. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1965-1978. doi:10.1002/joc.1276.

Explore with Earth Engine

Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('WORLDCLIM/V1/MONTHLY');
var meanTemperature = dataset.select('tavg').first().multiply(0.1);
var meanTemperatureVis = {
  min: -40,
  max: 30,
  palette: ['blue', 'purple', 'cyan', 'green', 'yellow', 'red'],
};
Map.setCenter(71.7, 52.4, 3);
Map.addLayer(meanTemperature, meanTemperatureVis, 'Mean Temperature');
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WorldClim version 1 has average monthly global climate data for minimum, mean, and maximum temperature and for precipitation. WorldClim version 1 was developed by Robert J. Hijmans, Susan Cameron, and Juan Parra, at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with Peter Jones and Andrew Jarvis …
WORLDCLIM/V1/MONTHLY, berkeley,climate,monthly,precipitation,temperature,weather,worldclim
1960-01-01T00:00:00Z/1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
-90 -180 90 180
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