This report details updates to the national datasets for the atmosphere and climate domain, including temperature, rainfall, wind, growing degree days, Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index, Southern Oscillation Index, ozone concentration, and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, with data up to 2025. Data were sourced from Earth Sciences New Zealand’s national climate database, with Earth Sciences New Zealand’s Virtual Climate Station Network data used to infill missing data.
The report provides a description of datasets and the methods used to generate them, a summary of delivered data, and discusses the feasibility of automating future data provision.
The report supports the use and interpretation of the collected data for national environmental reporting.
This report details updates to the national datasets for the atmosphere and climate domain, including temperature, rainfall, wind, growing degree days, Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index, Southern Oscillation Index, ozone concentration, and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, with data up to 2025. Data were sourced from Earth Sciences New Zealand’s national climate database, with Earth Sciences New Zealand’s Virtual Climate Station Network data used to infill missing data.
The report provides a description of datasets and the methods used to generate them, a summary of delivered data, and discusses the feasibility of automating future data provision.
The report supports the use and interpretation of the collected data for national environmental reporting.