GeoSphere Austria Data Hub

SPARTACUS-v3 (1 q): Seasonal climate data for Austria

Description

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This gridded data set describes the spatial distribution of observed seasonal mean air temperature (minimum (TN), maximum (TX) and two types of mean (TM, TM24)), precipitation (RR) and sunshine duration (SA) over Austria since 1961 at 1-km resolution. Anomalies relative to two reference periods (1961-1990 and 1991-2020) are also provided. The data set is updated daily.

Keywords

Precipitation , Sunshine , Temperature

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Metadata

Organization	GeoSphere Austria
Publisher	GeoSphere Austria
Metadata Responsible Organization	GeoSphere Austria
Authors	GeoSphere Austria
DOI	https://doi.org/10.60669/dkb4-tj43
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Creation date	30.06.2026
Publication date	05.07.2026
Last modification	07.07.2026 09:46 UTC
Publication	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-024-05103-5, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-015-1411-4, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-017-2093-x
Temporal Extent - Start Time	Dez 1960
Temporal Extent - End Time	Jun 2026
Temporal Resolution	seasonal
Update Frequency	daily
Timezone	UTC
Specific Information	Spatial Resolution: 1 km Bounding Box: 46.18 - 49.16 °N, 9.4 - 17.39 °E Projection: ETRS89-AUT [2002] / Austria Lambert (EPSG: 3416)
Parameters	Temperature, Sunshine, Precipitation
Version	3
Version Notes	Changes between v2.1 and v3 affect (1) the number of valid grid points for precipitation (additional regions outside Austria); (2) the stations used for the interpolation (new: foreign stations are used for precipitation); (3) the gap filling algorithm for station data for temperature and sunshine duration; (4) the temporal homogeneity of the station data and the integrated homogenisation algorithm. Moreover, an additional variable, TM24 (mean temperature based on hourly measurements), is provided. More details are available in the data set description.
Previous Version(s)	https://doi.org/10.60669/189e-rx55
Provenance	The data set is based on station data by GeoSphere Austria (https://data.hub.geosphere.at/de/dataset/klima-v2-1d) and by the weather services of the neighbouring countries. Due to manual quality checks, the station data can undergo corrections up to a few days after the measurements take place. For this reason, SPARTACUS fields for the last 7 days are continously updated. Only after 7 days does the data set reach its final, consolidated state.