UKCP09: Observed UK climate data (1961-1990)

The UK climate projections 2009 (UKCP09) observed climate provides data for a range of climate variables (for example, temperature, pressure, vapour pressure, rainfall, snowfall, sunshine) over the climate averaging period 1961-1990. The observed data is provided over the UK at grid box resolutions of 25km and 5km.

The observed data refers to data that has been directly measured and obtained in UK from a network of synoptic observations and weather stations. These data are commonly processed to convert irregularly spaced point observations to a regular grid. The observed climate data can be used both to explore past climate trends, to construct and validate climate models and to provide a baseline to construct climate differences.

Date (Publication): 2017-09-05T13:02:32

Date (Creation): 2017-09-05T13:02:32

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/87b3ab3b9bae47adab0c15d594d443b8

Citation identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 87b3ab3b9bae47adab0c15d594d443b8

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC)	unknown	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)	support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC)	unknown	Owner
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)	support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)	unknown	Principal investigator
Environment Agency	unknown	Principal investigator
Met Office	enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	Principal investigator
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)	support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC)	unknown	pointofContact
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)	support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

UKCP09
UK
observed
climate

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

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Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1961-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 1990-12-31T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
The data are NetCDF formatted and adhere to v1.0 of the CF data conventions.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/87b3ab3b9bae47adab0c15d594d443b8	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukcp09/data/projections/obs_climate	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukcp09/metadata/projections/projections_archive_overview.txt	UKCP09 archive overview document

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://ukclimateprojections.metoffice.gov.uk/	UK climate projections website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange/science/monitoring/ukcp09/index.html	UK Met Office: UKCP09 Gridded Observations

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://zenodo.org/record/7357021/files/climate_projections_full_report.pdf	Climate projections report

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://zenodo.org/record/7357028/files/UKCP09%20gridded%20observation%20data%20sets%20frequently%20asked%20questions.pdf	UK Met Office observed data quality statement

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://zenodo.org/record/7357032/files/observed_trends_extremes_atlas_full_report.pdf	Observed trends extremes atlas

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://zenodo.org/record/7357038/files/observed_trend_full_report.pdf	The climate of the UK and recent trends

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Original data were produced by the Met Office as part of the UKCP09 service before preparation for archival with the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).

Metadata

File identifier: 87b3ab3b9bae47adab0c15d594d443b8 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: UKCP09: Land and marine past climate and future scenario projections data for the UK
094d9c9b9dda42c0aa1a1848af9fb56b

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-02-05T03:15:22

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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