ECMWF ERA5 and IBTrACS Climate Explorer

A project to extract and visualise more from ERA5 than the Copernicus tool.

Put forecasts into the context of 30 years of ERA5 reanalysis (1996–2025), on land worldwide including small islands, 70°S to 70°N.

Precipitation

Totals over 1 to 10 days: monthly means, percentiles, records, and how many years a forecast total was reached.

Max temperature

Daily highs on the local day: hottest and coldest days by month, heat persistence over 3 days.

Min temperature

Overnight lows: coldest and warmest nights by month.

Tropical cyclones

Strike chances by strength and distance, most active months, and past storms like your forecast (IBTrACS, 1980 onwards).

Wind & gusts

Peak gusts, hourly mean and daily mean wind by month, windiest days, and wind roses.

Snow depth

Snow cover days and depth by month, and the deepest snow on record.