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Datasets
A dataset is which weather variable you're looking at. Pick one from the picker in the top-left of the explore map, and it drives everything else on the page — the long-term change charts, the detail graph, and any download you request.
01 · The four variables
Temperature and precipitation
Maximum Temperature
Unit: °C · API code: tmax
Minimum Temperature
Unit: °C · API code: tmin
Mean Temperature
Unit: °C · API code: tmean
Precipitation
Unit: mm · API code: prcp
02 · One at a time
Switching updates everything at once
Only one dataset is active at a time — there's no multi-select. Picking a new one instantly re-plots the long-term normal charts, the detail graph, and the cost estimate on any in-progress area download for the same location, without a page reload.
03 · In the API
The var parameter
Querying directly, each dataset maps to a short code passed as the var parameter:
| Param | Meaning |
|---|---|
tmax | Maximum Temperature (°C) |
tmin | Minimum Temperature (°C) |
tmean | Mean Temperature (°C) |
prcp | Precipitation (mm) |
Full parameter reference in the API key docs.
04 · Raw grids
Download the European grids
The full European grids for 1961–2020 — including sea-level pressure (SLP), which the API does not serve — are openly available on Zenodo as MeteoEurope1km (CC BY 4.0): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23264155. The Python package dailymeteo lists and downloads them, resuming interrupted downloads and verifying checksums.
pip install dailymeteofrom dailymeteo import meteoeurope1km as meu
meu.files(var="prcp", product="ltm_diff") # list archives
meu.download(var="prcp", product="ltm_diff") # download + verify MD5