Historical Climate Database for the Arctic (v2.0)

Geographic locations

The database contains measurements from 112 (temperature) and 79 (air pressure) locations. Below the locations of historical temperature measurement are shown.

ID	Station	Latitude	Longitude	Region
1	Adventbai Spitsbergen	78.22	15.63	Atlantic northern
2	Akseloy, Belsund Spitsbergen	77.72	14.17	Atlantic southern
3	Anadyr	64.8	177.6	Pacific
4	Andersonsoy Spitsbergen	78.33	20.73	Atlantic northern
5	Angmagksalik Greenland	65.62	-37.27	Atlantic western
6	Assistance Bay	74.67	-94.27	Canadian northern
7	Ayon Island	69.87	167.87	Siberian
8	Baker Lake	64.17	-96	Canadian southern
9	Barrow	71.38	-156.28	Pacific
10	Batty Bay	73.2	-91.17	Canadian northern
11	Beechey Island	74.72	-91.9	Canadian northern
12	Beeren Eiland	74.65	18.8	Atlantic southern
13	Bernard Harbour	68.78	-114.83	Canadian northern
14	Bjornoya	74.52	19.02	Atlantic southern
15	Blacklead Island	64.98	-66.18	Baffin Bay
16	Cambridge Bay	69.05	-105.2	Canadian northern
17	Camden Bay	70.13	-145.48	Canadian northern
18	Camsell River	63.5	31.87	Canadian sub-arctic
19	Cape Cheluskin	77.53	105.67	Siberian
20	Cape Dorset	64.23	-76.55	Canadian southern
21	Cape Flora, Franz Josef Land	79.93	49.5	Atlantic northern
22	Cape Flora, Northbrook Island Franz Josef Land	79.95	50.08	Atlantic northern
23	Chamiso Island, Emma Harbour	66.22	-161.77	Pacific
24	Churchill	58.73	-94.07	Canadian southern
25	Collinson Point	70.4	-161.42	Pacific
26	Danmarks-Havn Greenland	76.77	-18.68	Atlantic western
27	Dealy Island	74.93	-108.82	Canadian northern
28	Discovery Bay	81.73	-65.05	Canadian northern
29	Dudinka	69.4	86.2	Atlantic eastern
30	Felix Harbour, Gulf of Boothia	69.98	-92.02	Canadian northern
31	Floeberg Beach	82.45	-61.37	Canadian northern
32	Fort Rae	62.67	-115.75	Canadian sub-arctic
33	Fort Confidence	66.67	-119	Canadian sub-arctic
34	Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay, Ellesmere Islan	81.73	-64.75	Canadian northern
35	Fort Constantine	64.43	-140.57	Canadian sub-arctic
36	Fort Franklin, Bear Lake	65.18	-123.42	Canadian sub-arctic
37	Fort Good Hope	66.25	-128.63	Canadian sub-arctic
38	Fort Hope, Repulse Bay	66.53	-86.93	Canadian southern
39	Fort Liard	60.25	-123.47	Canadian sub-arctic
40	Fort McPherson	67.43	-134.95	Canadian sub-arctic
41	Fort Norman	64.9	-125.57	Canadian sub-arctic
43	Fort Resolution	61.17	-113.67	Canadian sub-arctic
44	Fort Simpson	62.12	-121.55	Canadian sub-arctic
45	Franz Josef Land	79.72	59.55	Atlantic northern
46	Gaasefjord	76.82	-88.67	Canadian northern
47	Griffith Island	74.57	-95.33	Canadian northern
48	Halvmaanesoy Spitsbergen	77.28	23.08	Atlantic northern
49	Harmsworth Hous Cape Tegethoff Franz Josef La	80.1	58.87	Atlantic northern
50	Havnefjord	76.48	-84.07	Canadian northern
51	Hebron, Labrador	58.2	-62.35	Baffin Bay
52	Herschel Island	69.5	-139.25	Canadian northern
53	Hoffenthal, Labrador	55.03	-60.2	Baffin Bay
54	Hvalfiskpynt Spitsbergen	77.5	20.92	Atlantic northern
55	Igloolik	69.35	-81.88	Canadian northern
56	Isfjord Radio	78.1	13.6	Atlantic southern
57	Jan Mayen	71	-8.47	Atlantic southern
58	Kamenka Bay (Felsenbei)	70.62	57.52	Atlantic eastern
59	Kanin Nos	68.7	43.3	Atlantic southern
60	Kap Lee, Spitsbergen	78.1	20.92	Atlantic northern
61	Kapp Thordsen Spitsbergen	78.47	15.7	Atlantic northern
62	Kingua Fjord Baffin Island	66.6	-67.32	Canadian southern
63	Kotzebue	66.87	-162.63	Pacific
64	Maiak Cwjatoi Nos (Leuchtthurn von Swjatoi Noss	68.15	40.32	Atlantic southern
65	Malye Karmakuly	72.38	52.73	Atlantic southern
66	Matochkin Shar	73.32	53.83	Atlantic eastern
67	Melkaya Bay (Seichte Bai), Novaya Zemlya	73.95	54.8	Atlantic southern
68	Melville Sound	74.7	-101.37	Canadian northern
69	Mercy Bay	74.1	-117.92	Canadian northern
70	Mosselbai Spitsbergen	79.88	16.07	Atlantic northern
71	Mundy Harbour Gulf of Boothia	70.3	-91.58	Canadian northern
72	Mys Uelen	66.2	-169.8	Pacific
73	Nain, Labrador	56.55	-61.68	Baffin Bay
74	Nansen's Winter Hous, Franz Josef Land	81.22	55.03	Atlantic northern
75	Nijni-Kolymsk	69	159	Siberian
76	Nome	64.5	-165.43	Pacific
77	Northumberland Sound	76.87	-97	Canadian northern
78	Okak, Labrador	57.57	-61.93	Baffin Bay
79	Ostrov Dikson	73.5	8.4	Atlantic eastern
80	Oustiansk	71	135	Siberian
81	Pitlekaie, Tchukotka Peninsula	67.08	-173.38	Pacific
82	Polaris Bay Greenland	81.6	-62.25	Canadian northern
83	Polaris House Greenland	78.3	-70.25	Canadian northern
84	Port Bowen	73.22	88.92	Canadian northern
85	Port Clarence	65.08	-165.5	Pacific
86	Port Kennedy	72.02	-94.23	Canadian northern
87	Port Leopold	73.83	-90.2	Canadian northern
88	Port Providence	64.43	-173	Pacific
89	Princess Royal Islands	72.78	-117.58	Canadian northern
90	Pustervig, Greenland	76.95	-21.02	Atlantic eastern
91	Rama, Labrador	58.55	-63.25	Baffin Bay
92	Rice Strait	78.77	-74.95	Canadian northern
93	Sagastyr	73.37	124.08	Siberian
94	Sajazkie Insel (Haseninsel)	75.92	59	Atlantic southern
95	Foka Bay	76	59.92	Atlantic southern
96	Storoy, Sydkap Spitsbergen	76.5	16.5	Atlantic southern
97	Svalbard Lufthavn (homogenized data) Spitsbergen	78.3	15.5	Atlantic northern
98	Teplitz Bay, Rudolph Island, Franz Josef Land	81.78	57.93	Atlantic northern
99	Treurenberg Spitsbergen	79.92	16.85	Atlantic northern
100	Victoria Harbour, Gulf of Boothia	70.13	-91.58	Canadian northern
101	Waigatz	70.4	58.8	Atlantic northern
102	Walker Bay	71.58	-117.65	Canadian northern
103	Wellington Channel	75.52	-92.17	Canadian northern
104	Winter Harbour, Melville Island	74.78	-110.8	Canadian northern
105	Winter Island	66.18	-83.17	Canadian southern
106	Wolstenholm Sound	75.43	-68.75	Canadian northern
107	York Factory	57	-92.43	Canadian southern
108	Ziegleroy Spitsbergen	77.33	22.03	Atlantic northern
109	Zoar, Labrador	56.12	-61.37	Baffin Bay
110	Godthab	64.18	-51.73	Baffin Bay
111	Kara Sea	0	0	Atlantic eastern
112	Lady Franklin Bay	81.73	-64.75	Canadian northern
113	Point Barrow	71.23	-156.67	Pacific

News

September 2017: Sets of air humidity hourly data from IPY-1 1882/83 are available.

Acknowledgements

The Historical Arctic Database bases on results from projects funded by the National Science Center Poland, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNSW) and Polish-Norwegian Fund.

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Poland

Terms of Use

The data provided can be used freely for non-commercial purposes. No warrany is given for the correctness and completeness of the data. Using this data please cite the respective references listed below.

References

Pressure data: Przybylak R., Wyszyński P., Vizi Z., Jankowska J. 2013. Atmospheric pressure changes in the Arctic from 1801 to 1920. Int. J. Climatol. 33: 1730-1760. DOI: 10.1002/joc.3546.

Temperature data for the whole Arctic: Przybylak R., Vizi Z., Wyszyński P. 2010. Air temperature changes in the Arctic from 1801 to 1920. Int. J. Climatol. 30: 791-812. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1918.

Temperature data for Svalbard: Przybylak, R., Wyszyński, P., Nordli, Ø. and Strzyżewski, T. (2016), Air temperature changes in Svalbard and the surrounding seas from 1865 to 1920. Int. J. Climatol., 36: 2899–2916. doi:10.1002/joc.4527.

Daily temperature data for the Canadian Arctic: Przybylak, R. and Vizi, Z. (2005), Air temperature changes in the Canadian Arctic from the early instrumental period to modern times. Int. J. Climatol., 25: 1507–1522. doi:10.1002/joc.1213.

Temperature data for Novaya Zemlya Region: Przybylak, R. and Wyszyński, P. (2017), Air temperature in Novaya Zemlya Archipelago and Vaygach Island from 1832 to 1920 in the light of early instrumental data. Int. J. Climatol., 37: 3491–3508. doi:10.1002/joc.4934.

Humidity: Wyszyński P. and Przybylak R. (2014), Variability of humidity conditions in the Arctic during the first International Polar Year, 1882–83. Polar Research , 33, 23896, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.23896