xclim 0.60.0

v0.60.0

on Python PyPI

Contributors to this version: Éric Dupuis (@coxipi), Trevor James Smith (@Zeitsperre), Juliette Lavoie (@juliettelavoie), Ève Larose (@e-larose), Faisal Mahmood (@faimahsho), David Huard (@huard), Pascal Bourgault (@aulemahal).

Breaking changes

• lmoments3 is now listed as a dependency to the extras installation recipe. This dependency is not installed by default with xclim and must be explicitly requested with $ pip install "xclim[extras]", if desired. (PR/2269).
• numpy-related RuntimeWarnings for invalid operations are noisier when running calculations via the xclim.indices and muted by default for xclim.indicators. This change is made to ensure that users who perform indice calculations can be made more aware of potential inconsistencies in their source datasets. (GH/2277, PR/2276).
• xclim.core.calendar.time_bnds now follows the CF conventions in that the "end" time is the same as the "start" of the next period (and not the timestep just before). (PR/2310).
• The keep_attrs option was removed from xclim.set_options. The recent change in philosophy from xarray has rendered xclim attribute preservation logic irrelevant. The xarray option now controls all attribute management. (GH/2308, PR/2311).

New indicators and features

• xclim now officially supports Python 3.14. (GH/2259, PR/2305).
• New missing algorithm: xclim.core.missing.some_but_not_all. (PR/2290).
• New hydrological indices added to xclim.indices._hydrology.py. (GH/1624, PR/2227).

Bug fixes

• One of the conditions in xclim.atmos.cooling_degree_days_approximation had an erroneous computation and has been fixed: (tasmax - tasmin)/4 is replaced by (tasmax - thresh)/4. (GH/2272, PR/2273).
• Fix some issues with pandas v3.0 in partitioning functions of xclim.ensembles and in xclim.indices.generic.aggregate_between_dates. (PR/2310).

Internal changes

• Replaced the tox.ini file with a tox.toml file and simplified the conditionals for environment selection. (PR/2269).
• Removed python-coveralls from the tox-only dependencies (abandoned software / not supported in Python 3.13+) and added the coverallsapp/github-action step to PyPI/tox-based builds on CI. (PR/2269).
• The testing suite has been updated to support pytest >=9.0 (PR/2276):
  • The configuration in tox.toml now uses the new TOML conventions.
  • --strict-config and --strict-markers have been replaced with the new --strict mode. For more information, refer to the pytest documentation.
• Added a GitHub Workflow for automatically approving Dependabot Pull Requests that are either patch or minor updates. Dependabot is now configured to run on a monthly basis (previously weekly). (PR/2292).
• Dependabot auto-approved pull requests are now also set to auto-merge. (PR/2300).
• Build-cancelling based on concurrency rules for the main.yml GitHub Workflow are now also divided according to the github.event_name (pull_request, pull_request_review). (PR/2301).
• Added the rst-check hook to .pre-commit-config.yaml for ensuring that ReStructuredText roles, directives, and spacing are consistent with repository configurations. (GH/2133, PR/2306).
• Replaced the formattext-pre-commit hook with mirrors-bibtex-tidy in order to enforce style and consistency on BibTeX files. (PR/2306).
• Removed many obsolete noqa comments from throughout the code base. (PR/2307).
• matplotlib is no longer loaded during the import process of xclim nor during the pytest setup phase if it is installed in the active environment. (PR/2307).