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This paper studies the 11-year solar cycle signal in Earth’s surface using historical datasets and the surface evidence is further supported by the zonal mean vertical profile using ERA-Interim and previously archived model simulations. The authors present many surface and zonal mean quantities that are composited between high and low solar years. Although majority of the results presented here are known or previously published, this paper could still be informative because it provides an up-to-date and comprehensive summary of the atmospheric response to the 11-year solar cycle in the observational data sets.