Climate

Climate diagrams for any location on earth, based on a high-resolution model (pixel size less than one square kilometer)
Version for comparing two locations. Integration as an iframe. APIs for raw data and climate classification.

Köppen-Geiger Classification:
Temperate oceanic climate (Cfb)

Click on the map to get a climate diagram at that location or use the search box in the map.


Data

The diagrams use the free global dataset CHELSA (Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas). These high-resolution data cover the period 1981-2010, and pixel size is less than one square kilometer.

Karger, D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E., Linder, P., Kessler, M. (2017). Climatologies at high resolution for the Earth land surface areas. Scientific Data. 4 170122. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.122

Details

The diagram uses D3.js in an ObservableHQ notebook (Climate Diagrams). The map is a Leaflet map, geolocation is done by LocationIQ.

The climate classification is done based on a Python program by Didier M. Roche.

You can call the page with coordinates to get a diagram of that location, e.g. https://climate.mapresso.com?lat=31.95&lon=35.93

Feedback

If you have any ideas for improvement or the future development, don't hesitate to contact me (links below)!
Some known issues and ideas:

  • The size of the diagrams (the integrated observable notebook cells). They should have a constant height.
  • Behavior of the map (and the search field) on mobile devices
  • Adding minimum and maximum temperature curves
    Adding future climate estimates
  • Grid lines on the diagram
  • Variant with US/Imperial Units (?)