St. Lawrence Valley 18th-19th Century Daily Temperature Reconstruction

Quebec, Canada's St. Lawrence Valley is covered by this historical climate reconstruction dataset. It provides composite daily temperature data for the 18th and 19th centuries, created by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. The data was last updated in the archive in 2010.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily temperature anomalies and extremes for specific years within the 18th-19th century period.
• Correlate reconstructed temperature time-series data with historical records of agricultural yields or societal events in Quebec.
• Validate and calibrate regional climate model simulations for the St. Lawrence Valley using the historical proxy data.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 268-year period from 208 to -60 calendar years before present.
• Provides daily-resolution temperature data, which is rare for historical reconstructions.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Data is a composite reconstruction from proxy sources, not direct instrumental measurements, introducing uncertainty.
• The temporal coverage ends at -60 BP (approximately 2010 AD), so it lacks recent decades.
• The specific methodology, proxy sources, and error margins are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Historical climate reconstruction from paleoclimate proxy data sources.

Time Range

208 to -60 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

St. Lawrence Valley, Quebec, Canada.