Anders Moberg

Data for air temperatures at the old astronomical observatory in Stockholm since 1756 are provided. The data are available both with, and without, adjustments for the urban heat island effect, knowledge about incorrectly calibrated old thermometers, and supposed exposure of old thermometers to radiation. Account is taken for changed routines regarding daily observation time points.

The measured temperatures are on average about 2.3 °C to 2.5 °C warmer after the year 2000 compared to the average before 1900. About 0.8 °C of this warming comes from the local effect of the growing city, while most of the warming is due to the regional climate change over southeastern Sweden.

Data are divided into three separate datasets: (i) individual thermometer observations, (ii) daily mean temperatures, (iii) monthly mean temperatures, also including seasonal and annual means.

Datasets

Citation

Anders Moberg (2020) Stockholm Historical Weather Observations — Air temperature. Dataset version 1. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/stockholm-historical-temperature-1

References

Moberg A, Bergström H, Ruiz Krigsman J, Svanered O. 2002: Daily air temperature and pressure series for Stockholm (1756–1998). Climatic Change 53: 171–212. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014966724670

Moberg A, Alexandersson H, Bergström H, Jones PD. 2003: Were Southern Swedish summer temperatures before 1860 as warm as measured? Int. J. Climatol. 23: 1495–1521. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.945

Moberg A, Tuomenvirta H, Nordli Ø. 2005: Recent climatic trends. In: Physical Geography of Fennoscandia. (Ed: Seppälä M). Oxford Regional Environments Series, Oxford University Press, Oxford: 113–133