CRU TS 3.10 Mean Temperature averaged over 2x 2 grid boxes
X axis: whole world in 360 1.00° steps, first point at 179.50° W, last point at 179.50° E
Y axis: regular grid with 180 1.00° steps, first point at 89.50° S, last point at 89.50° N

Monthly data available from Jan1901 to Dec2009 (1308 months)
Variable tmp (near-surface temperature) in Celsius

Get grid points, average area or generate subset

Latitude:	°N - °N
Longitude:	°E - °E
Boundaries:	halfway grid points interpolated
Make:	average set of grid points subset of the field
Demand at least:	% valid points in this region

Create a field with lower time resolution

New time scale:	annual (Jul-Jun) annual (Jan-Dec) seasonal monthly 10-daily 5-daily daily
New variable:	mean sd sum sum above sum below number min time of min max time of max first time last time of temperature
Threshold:	no cut less than greater than Celsius percentile normal 1971-2000
Minimum:	% valid data

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If you really want to get it here, CRU TS3.10 temperature is available as a netcdf file (size 323.336 MB).