Welcome to HISTALP!

Historical Instrumental Climatological Surface Time Series Of The Greater Alpine Region

HISTALP Station Map

Our target region: the Greater Alpine Area [D]

This site is dedicated to the HISTALP project and it's database, consisting of monthly homogenised temperature, pressure, precipitation, sunshine and cloudiness records for the „Greater Alpine Region“ (GAR, 4-19 deg E, 43-49 deg N, 0-3500m asl). The longest temperature and air pressure series extend back to 1760, precipitation to 1800, cloudiness to the 1840s and sunshine to the 1880s.


An introduction in German about the project can be found in the publication: EINE NEUE WEBSITE MIT INSTRUMENTELLEN QUALITÄTS-KLIMADATEN FÜR DEN GROSSRAUM ALPEN ZURÜCK BIS 1760 (Böhm et al. 2009).

Further informations can be found in the Reference-section.

As stated in the Austrian Assessment Report 2014 (Volume 1, Chapter 3, Auer I., Foelsche U.) , the regional temperature time serie of Austria shows a higher short term variability than the global time series. This is due to the different climate anomalies and climate trends that reduce each other when averaged. The negative anomaly during 1870-1900 and the strong postive anomaly during the last three decades lead to a stronger temperature increase for Austria than on the global scale.

Comparison of the global temperature anomalies (Met Center Hadley Center and Climate Research Unit) and the temperatur anomalies of Austria to the climate mean 1961-1990.