Database developed in: Liberato, M.L.R., Montero, I., Gouveia, C.M., Russo, A., Ramos, A.M., Trigo, R.M.: Rankings of extreme and widespread dry and wet events in the Iberian Peninsula between 1901-2016, in Special Issue: The 8th EGU Leonardo Conference: From evaporation to precipitation: the atmospheric moisture transport. (please cite the article reference)