World-wide Agroclimatic Data of FAO (FAOCLIM)

FAOCLIM version 2 is a global agro-climatic database containing monthly data from 28,800 stations for up to 14 observed and computed agro-climatic parameters (minimum, mean and maximum temperature, night-time and day-time temperature, total precipitation, dewpoint temperature, relative humidity, vapour pressure, potential evapotranspiration, global radiation, sunshine fraction and sunshine hours). The database includes also long-term monthly averages and time series for rainfall and temperatures. The software allows users to select station data by climatic variable, country, and time period, and can export into a spreadsheet-accepted format. Current users of the program have to be aware that the averages for the included stations generally apply to the period 1961-1990 and are not necessarily representative anymore.

FAOCLIM 2 was published by FAO as a CD-ROM in 2001 and is in the meantime superseded by NewLocClim software.

Reference: FAOCLIM 2: world-wide agroclimatic data. Environment and Natural Resources, Working paper No. 5 (CD-ROM) November 2001.