WorldClim Climatology V1

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")
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

Resolution
927.67 meters

Bands

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

Mean temperature

tmin °C -57.3* 32.5* 0.1

Minimum temperature

tmax °C -50* 49* 0.1

Maximum temperature

prec mm 0* 2949*

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.

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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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