UKCP09: Gridded Annual Extreme Temperature Range for the UK

UKCP09 gridded datasets provide annual values of extreme temperature range, calculated as the annual maximum temperature minus the annual minimum temperature. The datasets were created with financial support from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and are promoted by the UK Climate Impacts Programme. Data access requires registration on the Met Office website.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts based on annual temperature extremes.
• Analyzing regional climate variability based on gridded temperature data.
• Assessing environmental risks from temperature fluctuations mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is part of the official UK Climate Projections (UKCP09) framework.
• Created with support from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Met Office

Collection Method

Gridded datasets created as part of the UK Climate Projections (UKCP09).

Time Range

Annual values.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:16.109797; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom.