Gridded datasets generated for a range of climatic variables, covering the UK on a 5 km X 5 km grid for the period from 1914. Data sets are available for daily, monthly and annual timescales, as well as long-term averages for the 1961–1990 climate baseline period. Baseline averages are also available at 25 × 25 km resolution. These datasets are based on the archive of UK observational data held at the UK Met Office and are available from the UK Met Office website.