New daily minimum temperature (TN), maximum temperature (TX) and precipitation amount (PPT) database CADTEP (CAtalan Daily TEmperature and Precipitation data set) has been developed for Catalonia, Spain. The source dataset consists of the available climate records from Catalonia provided by the State Meteorology Agency of Spain (AEMET) and the Catalan Meteorological Service (SMC). We selected the long and fairly complete recor...

A long and complete series of monthly rainfall amounts corresponding to Barcelona city (Catalonia, NE Spain), exceeding two centuries (years 1786–2019), is analysed in detail. The obtained results of periodicity (annual scale), time trends (monthly, seasonal and annual scales), statistical distribution (seasonal and annual scale) and fractal/multifractal structures and self‐similarity at monthly scale depict the complex struct...

In a warmer climate, significant variations in the snow regime are expected. Thus, it is crucial to better understand present‐day snow cover regime, its duration and thickness, in order to anticipate future changes. This work presents the first characterization of snow patterns in the Catalan Pyrenees based on 11 snow stations located in high elevation areas (>2,000 m). Here, we examine spatio‐temporal evolution of the daily s...

The automation of weather stations influences the climate observations in various ways, among them the hour of reading and reporting daily temperature extremes is usually altered. This alteration causes a systematic change, referred to as terminus change signal (TCS), in the recorded daily minimum temperatures (Tmin), in comparison with the earlier records. The TCS present in the Tmin data of the Meteorological Service of Cata...

Detection and reconstruction of early instrumental series is an interdisciplinary activity that allows us to extend climate data records to periods prior to the mid‐19th century, extending the overlapping periods with climate proxies and characterizing extreme events. In this work, the collection of several data sources corresponding to different periods and locations, obtained with a wide range of methods and instruments by i...

The main objective of this study is to estimate the probable maximum precipitation (PMP) in Barcelona for durations ranging from 5 min to 30 h. To this end, rain records from the Jardí gauge of the Fabra Observatory located in Barcelona (1927–1992) and the urban pluviometric network supported by Clavegueram de Barcelona, S.A. (CLABSA, 1994–2007) were analysed. Two different techniques were used and compared: a physical method...