An easily accessible climate data portal, https://www.yorku.ca/ocdp, to disseminate high-resolution
07/26/2021
Ontario Climate Change Data Portal
Open data for academic research, policy making, and education
* Historical data of 8964 grid points from 1981 to 2020: daily, monthly, annual and long-term averages
* future climate change projection in four scenarios: basic variables (temperatue and precipitation) and extreme weather indexes
https://lamps.math.yorku.ca/OntarioClimate/
07/23/2021
Open Climate Data for Ontario
Long-term averages, annual, monthly and daily temperature and precipitation data can now be downloaded for free. These data are prepared based on the latest ECWMF Reanalysis version 5 (ERA5) hourly data. These data are located at 8,964 locations during the period 1981-2021.
https://lamps.math.yorku.ca/OntarioClimate/index_app_data.htm #/historicaldata
07/20/2021
The daily temperature data of 8964 grid points in Ontario from 1981 to 2020 are available for free download.
The data are generated based on the updated hourly land ECMWF Reanalysis V5 (ERA5).
https://lamps.math.yorku.ca/OntarioClimate/index_app_data.htm #/historicaldata
07/09/2021
Within Ontario, ERA5 and ERA-Interim data differ significantly between the monthly temperature data for February, April, and August. However, the difference in annual average is very small (~0.1C). (for future reference)
https://lamps.math.yorku.ca/OntarioClimate/index_app_data.htm #/historicaldata
07/08/2021
The average temperature difference between ERA5 data and ERA-Interim data in monthly temperature (1986-2005). [for future reference]
https://lamps.math.yorku.ca/OntarioClimate/index_app_data.htm #/historicaldata
07/08/2021
The average temperature difference between ERA5 data and ERA-Interim data is -0.11C, -0.29C, -0.45C, +0.30C and +0.28C in annual, winter, spring, summer and autumn, respectively. [for future reference]
https://lamps.math.yorku.ca/OntarioClimate/index_app_data.htm #/historicaldata
07/08/2021
In the EAR5 data, extreme precipitation locations (mountain peaks coasts) are more obvious than ERA5-interim. The province's average total precipitation is relatively high, and temperature is lower.
https://lamps.math.yorku.ca/OntarioClimate/index_app_data.htm #/historicaldata
07/07/2021
Difference between ERA5 and ERA-Interim temperature from 1986 to 2005.The temperature in northern Ontario in ERA5 is lower than in ERA-Interim. The influence of water bodies and mountains is more obvious in the ERA5 data.
