This dataset is prepared by the Evidence Targeted Automation team (gfe_eta@bom.gov.au) from the Research and Development branch, using data obtained from the Australian Digital Forecast Database (ADFD) and the Australian Data Archive for Meteorology (ADAM). This dataset focuses on the comparison of temperature and rainfall forecasts against observations over land at the surface level, and includes data for a year-long period from May 2015 to April 2016.