Climate Projections
Welsh Government
Climate change is projected to increase temperature and change humidity and rain patterns in Wales and, more widely, across the UK. Such climate patterns have the potential to alter the temperature, humidity, air quality and associated pollution levels, as well as the durability of the building envelope materials for homes throughout the country. To better understand these impacts a climate vulnerability analysis was performed by a collaborative team from Cardiff Metropolitan University and Resilient Analytics, a climate resilience consultancy based in Colorado, USA.
Additional information is available here: Wales Housing Climate Analysis Additional Information
The Wales Housing Climate Analysis shows climate projections, indoor air quality, thermal comfort and building fabric vulnerability results for each Welsh county as well as more detailed case studies for three cities and one town.
Climate projections are presented here for each Welsh county. Accompanying maps in this series can be found here:
Climate Projections consisting of Daily Maximum Temperature, Annual Precipitation, Daily Relative Humidity and Daily Specific Humidity
Indoor Conditions results consisting of Indoor Air Quality and Overheating
Building Fabric degradation results consisting of Solar Insolation, Precipitation and Relative Humidity
Case Studies for four representative towns and cities illustrate results at a resolution of 2.2 km, giving insight into the variation that is projected geographically across each area:
Aberystwyth consisting of Climate, Indoor and Fabric
Cardiff consisting of Climate, Indoor and Fabric
Swansea consisting of Climate, Indoor and Fabric
Wrexham consisting of Climate, Indoor and Fabric
For a better understanding of the impact of summertime overheating on houses that have been highly insulated and suggestions on approaches to tackling them go to: Considering summertime overheating in highly insulated homes: factsheet | GOV.WALES
For a better understanding of the impact of summertime overheating on post 1985 properties (including older buildings converted into flats) and suggestions on approaches to tackling them go to: Considering summertime overheating in post 1985 properties (including older buildings converted into flats): factsheet | GOV.WALES
For a better understanding of the impact of summertime relative humidity in older properties and suggestions on approaches to tackling them go to: Considering summertime relative humidity in older properties: factsheet | GOV.WALES
For a better understanding of the maintenance, repair and adaptation priorities of older, traditional properties under a changing climate, go to: Considering repair, maintenance and adaptation priorities for older properties: factsheet | GOV.WALES
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- Type:
- Map
- Publication date:
- 27 March 2024
- Licence:
- Not Specified
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Copyright:
- Point of contact:
- data@gov.wales
- Language
- English