NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Historical/Documentary Data Sets

Historical/Documentary Data Sets

Please Cite Data Contributors! All data in the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology archive are contributed by research scientists. Contributors and references are available in readme or data file headers. Here is a Sample Data Citation.

The NOAA Paleoclimatology Program distributes archives of paleoclimatic indicators derived from historical references and documentary evidence, such as church records, harvest dates, harbor ice free dates, etc.

Contributing Data

Data Sets

Historical Climate Data Catalogue
Chuine et al. 2004 Burgundy Grape Harvest Dates and Spring-Summer Temperature
Garcia et al. Manila Galleons Voyage Records
Ge et al. Winter Half-Year Temperature for East-Central China
Luterbacher et al. North Atlantic/Europe Sea Level Pressure Reconstruction
Mikami Historical Climate Indices in Japan and Description.
Pfister et al. Historical Climate Indices in Switzerland and Description.
Quinn and Neal Historical Record of El Niño Events and Description.
Schwartz and Reiter North American Lilac Phenology Data

Other Data Sources

ALP-IMP Multi-centennial climate variability in the Alps based on Instrumental data, Model simulations and Proxy data.
EURO-CLIMHIST European high-resolution climatic proxy evidence from documentary archives.
RECLIDO Spanish network of climate reconstruction from documentary sources.