GHCN/CAMS 2m analysis (Fan and van den Dool)
X axis: whole world in 720 0.50° steps, first point at 0.25° E, last point at 359.75° E
Y axis: regular grid with 360 0.50° steps, first point at 89.75° S, last point at 89.75° N

Monthly data available from Jan1948 to May2013 ( 785 months)
Variable tmp2m (2m above ground Temp.) 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 t2m
Threshold:	no cut less than greater than Celsius percentile normal 1971-2000
Minimum:	% valid data

Construct a statistical forecast model from this field

Please consider downloading this field from the authoritative site.

If you really want to get it here, GHCN/CAMS t2m is available as GrADS .ctl and gzipped .dat files (size 776.184 MB)
Alternatively, you can generate a gzipped netCDF file of the same size.