Recent Heat Packs for local areas in the UK (v1.0, prototype)

This dataset contains Recent Heat Packs derived from the Crowd-Grid dataset. A Recent Heat Pack is a set of .csv files and a factsheet that provide information on temperatures and climate metrics from recent years (2013-2024). Created for each UK local authority, they are designed to equip users to fit extreme events into the context of recent climate. The Recent Heat Packs may be downloaded and used to understand how climate varies locally, to support decisions on climate adaptation

Crowd-Grid is a new dataset of daily maximum/minimum temperatures grids spanning the period 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2024 at 1km resolution for the UK. Crowd-Grid uses crowdsourced observations from WOW and other sources to give a more detailed view of the temperatures people experience, including in built-up areas. It differs from and complements the standard dataset, HadUK-Grid - the Met Office’s official climate record.

A set of Recent Heat Packs have been developed that provide for each of the 393 UK local authorities:
– a 2-page Recent Heat Factsheet, which complements the 9-page Climate Report in the Met Office's Local Authority Climate Service (LACS)
– three .csv files that provide the underlying data for the local authority and its constituent census areas: MSOAs (Middle Layer Super Output Areas) in England and Wales, Intermediate Zones in Scotland, and District Electoral Areas in Northern Ireland

For further details on the dataset and its interpretation, refer to the README (doi:10.5281/zenodo.17787357).