High-resolution bioclimatic indicators were generated for the federal states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg, covering the past period (1991–2020) as well as three selected climate scenarios (2036–2065, 2071–2100).

The spatial resolution is 50 x 50 m.

BIOCLIM Mean Annual Temperature: Calculated from daily mean air temperatures at a height of 2 m.

Mean Wind Speed: Calculated from daily mean wind speeds at a height of 10 m.

Total Precipitation: Average annual precipitation total.

Length of the Growing Season: The growing season is defined as the duration (in days) of the longest continuous period of days with a mean temperature of at least 5°C. However, an earlier or later period of such warm days is included in the growing season if it lasts longer than the sum of all intervening cooler days.

Climatic Water Balance: Calculated as total precipitation minus potential evapotranspiration.

Number of Foehn Days: The daily mean wind speed at a height of 10 m at the grid point must exceed 3 m/s.

Annual Growing Degree Days (GDD) above 5°C: Calculated from daily mean air temperatures at a height of 2 m. Threshold: 5°C.

Version 2 corrects erroneous spatial shifts that occurred in the previous version.

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