Summary statistics for the stations in the archive are given below for the first year of observations and the number of years of observations by type of element reported and continent.
| First Year of Reporting | Years of Observations | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| count | min | mean | median | max | count | min | mean | median | max | ||
| Element | Continent | ||||||||||
| PRCP | Africa | 2104 | 1850 | 1934.99 | 1929.0 | 2012 | 2104 | 1 | 62.50 | 66.5 | 163 |
| Antartica | 55 | 1956 | 1976.29 | 1977.0 | 2013 | 55 | 1 | 24.29 | 26.0 | 49 | |
| Asia | 5698 | 1881 | 1934.55 | 1941.0 | 2014 | 5698 | 1 | 47.76 | 56.0 | 139 | |
| Europe | 6703 | 1781 | 1957.05 | 1959.0 | 2017 | 6703 | 1 | 50.29 | 50.0 | 239 | |
| North America | 74440 | 1836 | 1980.46 | 2002.0 | 2019 | 74440 | 1 | 22.11 | 10.0 | 180 | |
| Oceania | 17263 | 1832 | 1938.99 | 1938.0 | 2007 | 17263 | 1 | 48.39 | 37.0 | 181 | |
| South America | 6500 | 1901 | 1959.23 | 1963.0 | 2011 | 6500 | 1 | 31.72 | 26.0 | 110 | |
| SNOW | Africa | 8 | 1945 | 1950.50 | 1951.0 | 1957 | 8 | 2 | 13.88 | 13.0 | 27 |
| Antartica | 16 | 1956 | 1960.63 | 1958.0 | 1979 | 16 | 2 | 11.31 | 5.0 | 41 | |
| Asia | 153 | 1945 | 1956.69 | 1953.0 | 1998 | 153 | 1 | 7.27 | 3.0 | 53 | |
| Europe | 91 | 1949 | 1955.70 | 1954.0 | 1995 | 91 | 1 | 10.42 | 9.0 | 55 | |
| North America | 65842 | 1840 | 1981.59 | 2006.0 | 2019 | 65842 | 1 | 20.37 | 8.0 | 178 | |
| Oceania | 130 | 1913 | 1966.90 | 1961.5 | 2004 | 130 | 1 | 17.10 | 12.0 | 69 | |
| South America | 4 | 1945 | 1948.00 | 1947.0 | 1953 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 | 1.5 | 8 | |
| SNWD | Africa | 86 | 1945 | 1990.47 | 1999.0 | 2017 | 86 | 1 | 10.97 | 1.0 | 38 |
| Antartica | 37 | 1956 | 1977.86 | 1976.0 | 2019 | 37 | 1 | 17.03 | 8.0 | 47 | |
| Asia | 995 | 1946 | 1978.56 | 1973.0 | 2019 | 995 | 1 | 22.45 | 19.0 | 53 | |
| Europe | 4658 | 1863 | 1967.84 | 1973.0 | 2018 | 4658 | 1 | 41.24 | 44.0 | 157 | |
| North America | 52549 | 1857 | 1980.18 | 2001.0 | 2019 | 52549 | 1 | 21.30 | 8.0 | 163 | |
| Oceania | 130 | 1913 | 1969.94 | 1965.5 | 2004 | 130 | 1 | 16.97 | 12.0 | 69 | |
| South America | 106 | 1949 | 1992.27 | 1991.0 | 2018 | 106 | 1 | 17.19 | 16.0 | 41 | |
| TMAX | Africa | 690 | 1852 | 1962.65 | 1964.5 | 2018 | 690 | 1 | 45.87 | 46.0 | 163 |
| Antartica | 61 | 1953 | 1975.93 | 1976.0 | 2011 | 61 | 2 | 30.56 | 33.0 | 67 | |
| Asia | 1609 | 1869 | 1962.37 | 1959.0 | 2019 | 1609 | 1 | 48.05 | 55.0 | 151 | |
| Europe | 4521 | 1763 | 1961.95 | 1959.0 | 2017 | 4521 | 1 | 46.13 | 47.0 | 246 | |
| North America | 30949 | 1840 | 1956.59 | 1962.0 | 2019 | 30949 | 1 | 35.78 | 25.0 | 164 | |
| Oceania | 1801 | 1855 | 1970.53 | 1968.0 | 2016 | 1801 | 1 | 30.37 | 24.0 | 161 | |
| South America | 463 | 1908 | 1975.35 | 1974.0 | 2014 | 463 | 1 | 35.75 | 39.0 | 112 | |
| TMIN | Africa | 688 | 1852 | 1962.46 | 1964.5 | 2014 | 688 | 1 | 46.40 | 47.0 | 163 |
| Antartica | 63 | 1953 | 1976.71 | 1976.0 | 2011 | 63 | 1 | 29.62 | 32.0 | 67 | |
| Asia | 1609 | 1869 | 1962.16 | 1959.0 | 2019 | 1609 | 1 | 48.19 | 56.0 | 151 | |
| Europe | 4522 | 1763 | 1961.59 | 1959.0 | 2017 | 4522 | 1 | 46.47 | 47.0 | 246 | |
| North America | 30838 | 1840 | 1956.57 | 1962.0 | 2019 | 30838 | 1 | 35.89 | 26.0 | 164 | |
| Oceania | 1799 | 1855 | 1970.47 | 1967.0 | 2016 | 1799 | 1 | 30.45 | 24.0 | 161 | |
| South America | 467 | 1908 | 1975.11 | 1973.0 | 2017 | 467 | 1 | 36.47 | 41.0 | 112 | |