Quarterly average daily sun hours oscillated throughout the years in the United Kingdom. In each year there is an overall trend of higher daily sun hours in the second and third quarter, which comprises spring and summer time in the UK. During the winter and autumn, first and fourth quarter of each year, average daily sun hours are almost half than the ones recorded during summer time. Between 2010 and 2019, the quarter with the greatest sun hours was the second quarter of 2010, with 7.2 hours per day, while on the fourth quarter of 2015, figures reached the lowest, at 1.8 hours per day.
Quarterly average daily sun hours in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2019
(in hours per day)
* Provisional data.
The source adds that 'average UK solar hours have been calculated by aggregating regional sun hours data, weighted according to each regions share of UK solar photovoltaic capacity.'
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GOV.UK. (February 27, 2020). Quarterly average daily sun hours in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2019 (in hours per day) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322610/quarterly-average-daily-sun-hours-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. "Quarterly average daily sun hours in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2019 (in hours per day)." Chart. February 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322610/quarterly-average-daily-sun-hours-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. (2020). Quarterly average daily sun hours in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2019 (in hours per day). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322610/quarterly-average-daily-sun-hours-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK. "Quarterly Average Daily Sun Hours in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1st Quarter 2010 to 4th Quarter 2019 (in Hours per Day)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322610/quarterly-average-daily-sun-hours-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, Quarterly average daily sun hours in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2019 (in hours per day) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322610/quarterly-average-daily-sun-hours-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited April 01, 2020)
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