Technical documentation: Monthly Climate summaries

This is the technical documentation for the Monthly Climate summaries. The documentation provides a general overview of the dataset, a description of how the dataset was created, potential applications and any limitations of the dataset. For a general overview of climate information concepts, explore Climate information basics.

Overview

A cross-country summary of the averages and extremes for the month, including precipitation totals, max-min temperatures, and degree days. This data is available from stations that produce daily data.

Table 1: Main characteristics
Variables	Mean Temperature (°C) Days with Valid Mean Temperature Highest Monthly Maximum Temperature (°C) Days with Valid Maximum Temperature Lowest Monthly Minimum Temperature (°C) Days with Valid Minimum Temperature Total Snowfall (cm) Normal Snowfall Total Precipitation (mm) Snow on the ground last day (cm) Number of days with Precipitation 1.0 mm or more Days with Valid Bright Sunshine Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days
Spatial resolution and geographical coverage	Point locations across Canada
Time period	1840 – present
Temporal resolution	Monthly