Paired meteorological data and local climate zone patches for CETUS urban thermal model calibration in China

Boundary forcing was retrieved from the Open-Meteo Historical Forecast API and covers 1 April–30 September 2025 in UTC, with 4,392 hourly records per file. Variables include air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, surface pressure, shortwave and diffuse radiation, and precipitation. UTC and Asia/Shanghai timestamps, derived variables, quality-control flags and retrieval documentation are included.

The boundary series are gridded meteorological products sampled at the specified locations.</li><li><b>LCZ spatial patches (</b><code><strong>500m</strong></code><b> and </b><code><strong>1000m</strong></code><b>).</b> Each directory contains separate archives for LCZ1–LCZ5, including GeoTIFF layers for building heights, vegetation cover and water cover. The 1000m archives additionally contain vector layers and preview images.</li><li><b>Station metadata and processing files.</b> The <code>stationInfo.csv</code> tables link station identifiers and coordinates to climate-zone labels, LCZ classes and urban morphology descriptors.

The package also includes LCZ-grouped temperature reference tables in the 1000m directory and Python scripts for spatial processing and model-input preparation.</li></ol><p dir="ltr">These data support the preparation of neighbourhood-scale thermal model inputs and comparison of simulated canopy air temperatures with station temperature records. The release focuses on meteorological forcing, temperature references and urban spatial characteristics; hourly building electricity, cooling-load and heat-flux measurements are outside its scope.</p>