Calculation of the new climatological standard normals for the period 1991–2020 was
a motivation to carry out the homogenization of the required climatic variables in
the Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET). The national observation network has undergone
changes along its history that often introduce non-climatic interferences to the series.
On the other hand, for the calculation of various parameters and climatic indices,
it is essential to have complete daily series. With this in mind, homogenization of
daily series of precipitation, maximum and minimum temperatures, sunshine hours, relative
humidity, station level pressure, mean wind speed, and maximum wind gust was carried
out. This paper shows how the homogenization process was performed, covering the period
1975–2020 with carefully selected daily data sets from the national climatological
database. The homogenization software Climatol v.4.0 was used for this process, and
derived variables such as average temperature, sea level pressure, and vapor pressure
were calculated from their related homogenized series. The peculiarities and issues
of each variable are explored and, finally, the homogenization results were used to
readily calculate the 1991–2020 climatological standard normals with the dedicated
software CLINO_tool v.1.5.
