UK Windspeed Reference/Archival Database

The windspeed database provides estimates of mean annual wind speed throughout the UK, averaged over a 1-kilometer square area, at each of the following three heights above ground level (agl): 10 meters, 25 meters, and 45 meters. The windspeed database is available through the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) website, and is provided for archive purposes only. The database is comprised of historic information, including results derived from mathematical models, so it should not be considered to be measured data, or up to date or accurate. The database was originally developed by the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at some point before 2001. The data used to develop the database dates from the period approximately between the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Results derived from the UK windspeed database should be treated as approximate and high-level.