RELEASE NOTES FOR CRU-CY v4.10: 18 June 2026

NOTE: Please read the main documents as well:

'Read_Me_CRU_CY.txt'

The 4.10 release of the CRU-CY dataset covers the period 1901-2025.
The best published reference to use is that of the underlying dataset,
CRU TS:

Harris, I., Osborn, T.J., Jones, P. et al. Version 4 of the CRU TS
monthly high-resolution gridded multivariate climate dataset.
Sci Data 7, 109 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0453-3

This release uses the updated country definitions introduced in v4.10
Please see the separate file,
'Read_Me_CRU_CY_Updated_Country_Definitions.txt', for details.


As always, please contact CEDA in the first instance if you have any
questions, observations or suggestions. If, however, you wish to contact
CRU directly about these datasets, please contact a.friedman@uea.ac.uk or
t.osborn@uea.ac.uk.

Ian 'Harry' Harris has now retired and updating of the CRU-TS family
of datasets is now being undertaken by Andrew Friedman under the guidance
of Tim Osborn.

Andrew Friedman
NCAS-Climate
Climatic Research Unit
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ