Simulated daily soil moisture and temperature to characterize environmental conditions for plant establishment at sites in the western United States (1980-2023)

The goal for these data is to characterize patterns of soil moisture and temperature that have the potential to influence the establishment outcomes of post-fire restoration seeding. To accomplish this objective, we simulated daily soil moisture and soil temperatures at 4000+ locations in the western USA. We used a soil water balance model, SOILWAT2, and inputs from daily weather (DayMet) and wind (gridMET) data and soil physical structure (SOLUS100) to simulate soil moisture and temperature at a daily timestep. We simulated daily timestep soil moisture, temperature, and snow water equivalent at thousands of point locations across the western USA. We report the following simulation output: daily available soil moisture, soil water potential, and temperature at multiple soil depths, minimum soil surface temperature, and snow water equivalent.