Local & Global Climate Change
Search for any country, US state or UK region (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, South East, Midlands, London and more) to see how its climate has changed since pre-industrial times - with live temperature, rainfall, sea level and ice data.
FAQs
FAQs
What can I do on the climate dashboard?
Search for any country, US state, UK nation or UK region (e.g. England, Scotland, the Midlands, the South East) to see how its temperature, rainfall and other climate indicators have changed. Each location shows a live data snapshot, monthly and annual time series, baseline anomalies and a link to its full climate profile page.
Which regions and countries are supported?
Every country with full climate records, every US state, every UK home nation (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) and every English region (e.g. South East, North West, Midlands, London). Continental groups (Europe, Africa, Asia and so on) and US climate regions are also available.
How current is the data?
The dashboard reads from the same monthly cache as the rest of the site, which rebuilds within days of the underlying datasets being released. Country temperatures come from Copernicus C3S / ERA5 and Berkeley Earth, US state data from NOAA NCEI nClimDiv, UK data from the Met Office HadUK-Grid.
What baseline is used to measure change?
Anomalies are calculated against the 1991-2020 climate normal where available, in line with WMO standard practice. Long-term comparisons against pre-industrial baselines (1850-1900) are shown where the source data supports it (for example, global mean temperature).
Where can I see the full methodology?
The Methodology & Sources gives the complete data-source, baseline and refresh-cadence reference for every dataset used on the site.