Meteorological observations for Europe and the southern Mediterranean region, 1877-2012

Data from 127 stations and of 15 climate variables (many of them Essential Climate Variables as defined by the Global Climate Observing System) in the northern Africa and European sectors have been recovered for the period 1877 to 2012.

Quality control of the data using a two-step semi-automatic statistical approach identified 3.5% of observations that required correction or removal, on par with previous data rescue efforts. Here we provide all versions of the rescued dataset to ensure it is as traceable as possible: the transcribed data in original units (in the original files); data at each stage of quality control (in the original files); and the final values in SI units, along with quality control flags and conversion methods.