Coastal Stations

Monthly means of meteorological observation data from 65 Russian and 24 western coastal and island stations for a period that includes the early 1950s through 1990 are provided in uniformat files. The Russian station observations were provided by the Arctic and Andarctic Research Institue (AARI), St. Petersburg, and include two-meter air temperature, sea level pressure, total and low cloud amount, and relative humidity. The western station observations include sea level pressure, air temperature, and precipitation. After 1960, a moisture parameter (relative humidity or dew point temperature) is generally available. (We use the term "western" loosely to distinguish the Russian from non-Russian stations.) Use the HTML interface to see the temporal coverage of each parameter at each station. The interface can also be used to browse the data by plotting parameters.