UKCP09: 5km Gridded Mean Daily Minimum Temperature for the UK, 1961-1990

12 monthly gridded files represent the long-term average mean daily minimum temperature across the UK for the 1961-1990 period. The Met Office created this dataset with financial support from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Data is promoted by the UK Climate Impacts Programme as part of the UK Climate Projections (UKCP09).

Use Cases

• Modeling historical climate baselines based on the 30-year 1961-1990 average period.
• Analyzing spatial temperature patterns across the UK based on the 5km gridded data.
• Comparing seasonal temperature variations based on the 12 monthly average files.

Strengths

• Data covers a 30-year climatological reference period (1961-1990).
• Spatial resolution is specified as a 5km grid covering the UK.
• Dataset consists of 12 individual files, one for each month.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last updated metadata is from 2026-07-08.

Provenance

Source

Met Office

Collection Method

Likely derived from meteorological station observations interpolated to a grid.

Time Range

1961-1990 (long-term average period)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:45.946421; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom