CHIRTS-ER5 daily provides global, high-resolution (0.05°) daily maximum and minimum 2-meter air temperature estimates from 1983 to present. It blends ERA5 reanalysis with station observations using the CHIRTS algorithm, producing a consistent long-term record suitable for climate trend analysis, heat-stress monitoring, and agricultural modeling.
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Data
Daily maximum and minimum temperature GeoTIFF files (Tmax/Tmin)
Format: image/tiff
No Data: -9999
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Technical metadata
The full spatial, temporal, and modelling detail behind the summaries elsewhere on this page.
Spatial
- CRS
- EPSG:4326
- Extent (W S E N)
- [-180, -90, 180, 90]
- Coverage
- World
- Resolution (xy)
- 0.05° (~5 km at equator)
Temporal
- Start
- 1983-01-01
- End
- open (present)
Record
- Resource type
- dataset
- Created
- 2026-08-25
- Updated
- 2026-08-27
How to cite
Please cite the dataset and any associated peer-reviewed publications.
Verdin, A., Funk, C., Peterson, P., Landsfeld, M., Tuholske, C., Grace, K. (2025). CHIRTS-ERA5 Data Repository [Data set]. UCSB Climate Hazards Center. https://doi.org/10.15780/G2F08J Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/chirts-era5-daily/.
Verdin, A., Funk, C., Peterson, P., Landsfeld, M., Tuholske, C., Grace, K. (2025) CHIRTS-ERA5 Data Repository [Data set]. UCSB Climate Hazards Center. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15780/G2F08J. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/chirts-era5-daily/.
Verdin, A., Funk, C., Peterson, P., Landsfeld, M., Tuholske, C., Grace, K. 2025. “CHIRTS-ERA5 Data Repository.” UCSB Climate Hazards Center. https://doi.org/10.15780/G2F08J. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/chirts-era5-daily/.
@misc{chirts_era5_daily_2025,
title = {CHIRTS-ERA5 Data Repository},
author = {Verdin, A. and Funk, C. and Peterson, P. and Landsfeld, M. and Tuholske, C. and Grace, K.},
year = {2025},
publisher = {UCSB Climate Hazards Center},
doi = {10.15780/G2F08J},
note = {Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/chirts-era5-daily/}
}Related publications
- Verdin, A., Funk, C., Peterson, P., Landsfeld, M., Tuholske, C., Grace, K. (2020). Development and validation of the CHIRTS-daily quasi-global high-resolution daily temperature data set. Scientific Data. doi:10.1038/s41597-020-00643-7
- Funk, C., Peterson, P., Peterson, S., Shukla, S., Davenport, F., Michaelsen, J., Knapp, K.R., Landsfeld, M., Husak, G., Harrison, L., Rowland, J., Budde, M., Meiburg, A., Dinku, T., Pedreros, D., Mata, N. (2019). A High-Resolution 1983-2016 Tmax Climate Data Record Based on Infrared Temperatures and Stations by the Climate Hazard Center. Journal of Climate. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0698.1
- Williams, E., Funk, C., Peterson, P., Tuholske, C. (2024). High resolution climate change observations and projections for the evaluation of heat-related extremes. Scientific Data. doi:10.1038/s41597-024-03074-w
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