The table below lists the datasets produced under Task 2: Knowledge base of the Historic Droughts project.
- Meteorological data are published as part of HadUK-Grid and MIDAS Open on the CEDA Archive (note that you will need an account to download data)
- Hydrometeorological data are published and can be dowloaded from the Environmental Information Data Centre (note that you will need an account to download data)
- Many of the references to past droughts are available to download from the UKDataService
| Data | Available |
|---|---|
| Enhanced historic rainfall: newly digitised monthly and daily raingauge data from 1862 | Included in Met Office MIDAS Open |
| Enhanced historic temperature: newly digitised monthly temperature records back to 1880s | Included in Met Office HadUK-Grid |
| Enhanced historic rainfall: updated 5km grids including newly digitised monthly and daily raingauge data from 1860 | Included in Met Office HadUK-Grid |
| Historic Gridded Standardised Precipitation Index for the United Kingdom 1862-2015 (generated using gamma distribution with standard period 1961-2010) v4 | |
| Historic Standardised Precipitation Index time series for IHU Hydrometric Areas (1862-2015) v2 | |
| Historic Standardised Precipitation Index time series for IHU Groups (1862-2015) v2 | |
Historic Gridded Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) based on temperature-based equation McGuinness-Bordne calibrated for the UK (1891-2015) | |
Historic reconstructions of daily river flow for 303 UK catchments (1891-2015) | |
Historic Standardised Streamflow Index (SSI) using Tweedie distribution with standard period 1961-2010 for 303 UK catchments (1891-2015) | |
Historic reconstructions of monthly groundwater levels for 54 UK boreholes (1891-2015) | |
Historic Standardised Groundwater level Index (SGI) for 54 UK boreholes (1891-2015) | |
| Inventory of reservoirs amounting to 90% of total UK storage | Available for download from the EIDC |
Historic droughts inventory of drought references to water resources 1890-2015 | Avilable for download from the UKDataService |
| Simulated monthly biological indicators for England and Wales 1964-2012 | Available for download from the EIDC |
Historic droughts inventory of references to legal regulation 1976-2012 | Available for download from the UKDataService |
Historic droughts inventory of references from agricultural media 1975-2012 | Available for download from the UKDataService |
Historic Droughts Inventory of references to past drought in the UK from oral histories and local newspapers (1893 - 2015) | Available for download from the UKDataService |
Historic droughts inventory of references from British nineteenth-century newspapers 1800-1900 | Available for download from the UKDataService |
Historic droughts inventory of references from British twentieth-century newspapers 1900-1999 | Available for download from the UKDataService |
Historic droughts inventory of references from British broadsheet newspapers 1990-2014 | Available for download from the UKDataService |
Historic droughts inventory of references from British tabloid newspapers 1992-2014 | Available for download from the UKDataService |
