Daily Weather Data for Contiguous United States (1950-2005).
This web page outlines our data set for the contiguous United States.
The raw data files give daily minimum and maximum temperature as well as total precipitation
on a 2.5x2.5 mile grid for the contiguous United States from 1950-2005.
The data set is massive (60GB as zipped files, approximately 300GB unzipped).
We have 8 DVDs that hold the zipped data and are happy to ship them to you if you are interested in using the data.
If you use the data in your study and want to reference it, please cite the paper that appeared in
the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2009) below, and send us a link to your publication so we can
add it to the list below.
Links to data description and meta-files
- Data Description: Document outlining our data set and how it is organized
- Meta-file linking each grid cell to the county in which the centroid is located and giving the cropland area within the grid cell
- STATA code to derive arbitrary degree days bounds over various geographic boundaries (right-click to save)
Links to papers that use the data set
- Schlenker and Roberts (2009) Nonlinear Temperature Effects indicate Severe Damages to U.S. Crop Yields under Climate Change," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(37), September 15 2009, p.15594-15598.