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Surface Water Temperature Archive up to 2007

Publisher
Natural Resources Wales
Updated
14 October 2025
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

Water temperature data is collected for different reasons and in different locations. Time series of surface water temperatures can provide indicators of climate change and associated ecological responses. An archive was created in 2007 as part of a research project, and is a unique collation of Natural Resource Wales and The Environment Agencies water temperature data from more than 30,000 sites across England & Wales. The archive contains water temperature data (up to 2007) and site metadata. The archive contains water temperature data (up to 2007) and site metadata. Most sites have records starting from the 1980s.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
31 May 2024
Harvest GUID
NRW_DS116333
Extent (Latitude)
53.513067° to 51.240829°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.777741° to -2.608865°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2016-10-25
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Responsible party
(owner, custodian); Environment Agency (EA) (originator); Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng