diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 9f18f06a..d9e51d1c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Bug fixes
 * `creep_weights` now correctly handles the case where the grid is small, `n` is large, and `mode=wrap`. (:issue:`367`).
 * Fixed a bug in ``tasmin_from_dtr`` and ``tasmax_from_dtr``, when `dtr` units differed from tasmin/max. (:pull:`372`).
 * Fixed a bug where the requested chunking would be ignored when saving a dataset (:pull:`379`).
+* The missing value check in ``health_checks`` will no longer crasg if a variable has no time dimension. (:pull:`382`).
 
 v0.8.3 (2024-02-28)
 -------------------
diff --git a/xscen/diagnostics.py b/xscen/diagnostics.py
index 41c9192c..c916cf53 100644
--- a/xscen/diagnostics.py
+++ b/xscen/diagnostics.py
@@ -262,11 +262,16 @@ def _message():
             for method, kwargs in missing.items():
                 kwargs.setdefault("freq", "YS")
                 for v in ds.data_vars:
-                    ms = getattr(xc.core.missing, method)(ds[v], **kwargs)
-                    if ms.any():
-                        _error(
-                            f"The variable '{v}' has missing values according to the '{method}' method.",
-                            "missing",
+                    if "time" in ds[v].dims:
+                        ms = getattr(xc.core.missing, method)(ds[v], **kwargs)
+                        if ms.any():
+                            _error(
+                                f"The variable '{v}' has missing values according to the '{method}' method.",
+                                "missing",
+                            )
+                    else:
+                        logger.info(
+                            f"Variable '{v}' has no time dimension. The missing data check will be skipped.",
                         )
 
     if flags is not None: