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PRISM Tmax
more information PRISM analysis 4kM3 averaged over 6x 6 grid boxes
X axis: regular grid with 234 0.25° steps, first point at 124.90° W, last point at 66.65° W
Y axis: regular grid with 103 0.25° steps, first point at 24.19° N, last point at 49.69° N

Monthly data available from Jan1895 to Dec2023 (1548 months)
Variable tmax (monthly mean of daily maximum temperature) in Celsius
Full metadata.

Get grid points, average area or generate subset
Mask:   add a mask to the list help
Latitude: °N - °N help
Longitude: °E - °E
Year range: -
Boundaries:
Make: average max min set of grid points subset of the field help
Demand at least: % valid points in this region help
helpApply monthly high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value months
requiring at least % valid data
helpApply year-on-year high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value years
requiring at least % valid data
helpCreate a field with lower time resolution
First fill missing data: ignore, climatology, trend, persistence.
Then apply: -month running mean with direction
Then apply new time scale:
New variable: of Tmax
Minimum: % valid data
Threshold:
helpCreate a field with lower spatial resolution
Average over blocks of longitude and latitude grid cells

Construct a statistical forecast model from this field

Compute anomalies
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Compute zonal mean
Please consider downloading this field from the authoritative site.
If you really want to get it here, PRISM Tmax is available as a netcdf file (size 70.4713 MB).
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