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UKCP data factsheets


The UKCP18 Factsheets are short documents providing an overvew of the results, comparisons with observations and links to relevant information in the UKCP18 suite of science reports.

UKCP Products

  • UKCP Factsheet: Probabilistic Projections of Climate Extremes (PDF - 832kB)  [New release - October 2020]
  • UKCP Factsheet: UKCP Global (60 km) - Low emissions scenario (RCP 2.6) (PDF - 1.2MB) [New release - October 2020]
  • UKCP18 Factsheet: UKCP Local (2.2 km) projections (PDF - 3.3MB)
  • UKCP18 Factsheet: Derived projections (PDF - 1.1MB)

Climate Metrics

  • UKCP18 Factsheet: Temperature (PDF - 1.6MB)
  • UKCP18 Factsheet: Precipitation (PDF - 1.6MB) 
  • UKCP18 Factsheet: Snow (PDF - 1.4MB) [updated July 2021]
  • UKCP18 Factsheet: Wind (PDF - 812kB)
  • UKCP18 Factsheet: Sea level rise and storm surge (PDF - 871kB)

Climate Indices

  • UKCP18 Factsheet: Weather types (PDF - 1.2MB)
  • UKCP Factsheet: European Climate Indices: Weather Patterns (PDF - 1.6MB) [New release - October 2020]
  • UKCP Factsheet: European Climate Indices: Jet Stream Position and Strength (PDF - 1.2MB) [New release - October 2020]
  • UKCP Factsheet: European Climate Indices: Winter Atlantic Pressure Gradient (North Atlantic Oscillation - NAO) (PDF - 1.4MB) [New release - October 2020]
  • UKCP Factsheet: Soil Moisture and the Water Balance (PDF - 1.3MB) [New release - October 2020]

Related links

  • UKCP User Interface
  • CEDA catalogue
  • UKCP data caveats and limitations

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