# Projected number of hot days during the school year at NUTS3 level, public version (vector), June 2026

This is the metadata refers to the vector dataset showing the average number of school days where high temperatures are likely under different future climate scenarios (SSP-RCPs), aggregated at NUTS3 level. 

Summer holidays are excluded. Rising outdoor temperatures increase the risk of higher indoor temperatures in schools. This can affect children as they experience difficulties concentrating, impacting their learning. Very hot classrooms may be dangerous to health of both students and teachers and may even result in school closure. Therefore, the knowledge of the occurrence of such conditions in a given location can be useful in planning adaptation to the changing climate and protection of the vulnerable groups from heat.

The input data for the calculations consist of air temperature from the Copernicus Climate Change Service ERA5 reanalysis, School calendars in Europe data from Eurydice (https://eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/data-and-visuals/european-school-calendars, GISCO data on location of educational facilities and GISCO boundary data at NUTS level 3.https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/17f7f284-7b33-4057-a259-e804244189de?language=all


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