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

208 to -62 calendar years before present (BP) of daily temperature data for the St. Lawrence Valley, Quebec. This historical climate reconstruction dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The data was last updated in the repository on January 1, 2012.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily temperature variability and extremes for the 18th and 19th centuries using the reconstructed temperature parameter.
• Calibrate regional climate model hindcasts by comparing simulated outputs against the historical temperature reconstruction time series.
• Study long-term climate change trends in eastern Canada by examining the temperature record spanning 270 calendar years.
• Investigate the frequency of anomalous warm or cold seasons within the historical period covered by the data.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 270-year period (208 to -62 BP) providing a long-term historical baseline.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data recency is limited, with a last update recorded in 2012, indicating potential staleness.
• Specific sample size, data resolution details, and column definitions are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Climate reconstruction based on paleoclimate proxies; specific methodology is null.

Time Range

208 to -62 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

Last updated 2012-01-01; update frequency is null.

Geography

St. Lawrence Valley, Quebec, Canada.