UK: heating degree days 2011-2019

A heating degree day is the measurement to quantify the demand for energy to heat a building. The first quarters of each year during this period typically saw some of the highest numbers of heating degree days. In the first quarter of 2019 the average number of heating degree days was 9.2. Between 2011 and 2019, the first quarter of 2013 recorded highest heating degree, at 12.1 degrees Celsius.

Quarterly average number of heating degree days in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2019 (in degrees Celsius)

Characteristic	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2019	9.2	4.1	0.6	0
2018	11	3.1	0.9	6.9
2017	9.1	3.4	0.9	7.4
2016	9.9	4.1	0.4	7.7
2015	10.3	4.3	1.3	5.5
2014	9	3.1	0.6	6.8
2013	12.1	4.9	0.7	7.1
2012	9.4	4.8	1.2	8.5
2011	9.9	3	0.8	6.3

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Release date

February 2020

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2011 to Q4 2019

Supplementary notes

Prior to 2016 data was published by Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister in July 2016, the department was remodeled into Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), which has since published the data.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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