UKCP09: UK Monthly Minimum Temperature Grids at 5 km Resolution

UK gridded datasets of monthly mean daily minimum temperature at a 5 x 5 km resolution, created with support from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The data is organized in downloadable 10-year blocks and is promoted by the UK Climate Impacts Programme as part of the UK Climate Projections (UKCP09). Registration on the Met Office website is required to access the data.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts based on gridded temperature data.
• Analyzing long-term temperature trends across the UK based on monthly values.
• Assessing regional climate variability and adaptation strategies based on high-resolution spatial data.

Strengths

• Data is provided at a high spatial resolution of 5 x 5 km.
• Datasets are organized in downloadable 10-year blocks for temporal analysis.
• Created with financial 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.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to the source observations.

Provenance

Source

Met Office

Collection Method

Gridded datasets based on surface observations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:53.482931; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom