UKCP09: Annual Growing Season Length Grids for the UK

Gridded annual values for growing season length in days, calculated from daily mean air temperature thresholds. The dataset was created with financial support from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and promoted by the UK Climate Impacts Programme. Last updated on 2026-07-08 13:31:47.621009.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts on agriculture based on annual growing season length.
• Analyzing regional temperature trends based on gridded annual values.
• Projecting future crop suitability based on the defined temperature thresholds for growing seasons.

Strengths

• Dataset is part of the official UK Climate Projections (UKCP09) framework.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08 13:31:47.621009.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Access requires registration on the Met Office website.

Provenance

Source

Met Office

Collection Method

Gridded datasets created from daily mean air temperature data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:47.621009; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom