UKCP09: Annual Heating Degree Days Time Series for the UK

UKCP09 time series of annual heating degree days, representing the yearly sum of daily degrees below 15.5°C. The data was created with financial support from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is promoted by the UK Climate Impacts Programme. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Modeling building heating energy demand based on annual heating degree days.
• Analyzing long-term climate trends for the UK based on temperature-derived metrics.
• Forecasting future energy consumption for policy planning using historical degree-day data.

Strengths

• Data is part of the official UK Climate Projections (UKCP09) framework.
• Supported by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
• Provides a specific, defined metric (heating degree days below 15.5°C).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Met Office, UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP), UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Collection Method

Calculated from daily mean air temperature data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:47.517817; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom