100 Year historical records and Paleo-Climate records
 

I'll be doing a project wherein I am comparing the 100 year historical
record of a location for temperature and precipatation to the the
global average over that same time and also a paleo-record for that
location between now and the last glacial maxim.

What are some of the databases that are good to look at for this? What
are some of the better locations that some of you are familiar with for
this? This is a school project, I don't want you to do my 'homework'
for me, so to speak, that is why I am making you aware that it is a
school project. However, I am permited help and would appreciate help
in the matter. I'd like to use locations outside the US, since everyone
else is going to be picking them, but from what I understand good data
is hard to come by. I'd like to have a really good data source, so
that then I can make a full evaluation of it and better understand the
project as a whole. Can anyone make recommendations?