coldest month on record was February 2018, when the average temperature dropped to 2.4 degrees Celsius.
During the winter months, most UK residents keep warm using gas central heating. In a 2022 survey conducted by the UK Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), it found that 78 percent of respondents used this method of heating. The next most common heating source was electric, with a combined share of five percent. Since 2014, the What is the main way you heat your property during the winter?
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (March 31, 2022). What is the main way you heat your property during the winter? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 02, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/426988/united-kingdom-uk-heating-methods/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "What is the main way you heat your property during the winter?." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426988/united-kingdom-uk-heating-methods/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2022). What is the main way you heat your property during the winter?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426988/united-kingdom-uk-heating-methods/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "What Is The Main Way You Heat Your Property during The Winter?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426988/united-kingdom-uk-heating-methods/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, What is the main way you heat your property during the winter? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426988/united-kingdom-uk-heating-methods/ (last visited July 02, 2022)