pyepwmorph 2.0.0

A python package to enable simple and easy gathering of climate model data and morphing of EPW files

pyepwmorph

A Python package for morphing EnergyPlus Weather (EPW) files with climate model data. Supports CMIP6 projections from Google Cloud and custom CSV-based model data for both future and historical scenarios.

Overview

pyepwmorph enables building performance analysts and researchers to create morphed weather files by applying scientifically validated procedures (Belcher et al. 2005, Jentsch et al. 2013) to existing EPW files. The package can morph EPWs using:

• CMIP6 data fetched automatically from Google Cloud (Pangeo)
• Custom CSV data from any climate model, including historical reconstructions

Installation

With uv (recommended)

uv add pyepwmorph

Development setup

git clone https://github.com/justinfmccarty/pyepwmorph.git
cd pyepwmorph
uv sync --extra dev

With pip

pip install pyepwmorph

Quick start

CMIP6 workflow (future projections)

import pyepwmorph.tools.workflow as workflow

results = workflow.morphing_workflow(
    project_name="MyBuilding_Future",
    epw_file="weather.epw",
    user_variables=["Temperature", "Humidity", "Clouds and Radiation"],
    user_pathways=["Middle of the Road"],   # ssp245
    percentiles=[50],
    target_years=[2050],
    output_directory="output/",
)

Custom CSV workflow (historical or any model)

import pyepwmorph.tools.workflow as workflow

custom_data = {
    "reference": {
        "tas": "data/reference_tas.csv",
        "tasmax": "data/reference_tasmax.csv",
        "tasmin": "data/reference_tasmin.csv",
    },
    "target_1990s": {
        "tas": "data/target_tas.csv",
        "tasmax": "data/target_tasmax.csv",
        "tasmin": "data/target_tasmin.csv",
    },
}

results = workflow.morphing_workflow(
    project_name="Historical_Morph",
    epw_file="weather.epw",
    user_variables=["Temperature"],
    user_pathways=["target_1990s"],
    percentiles=[50],
    target_years=[1990],
    output_directory="output/",
    data_source="custom",
    custom_data=custom_data,
    reference_scenario="reference",
)

Custom CSVs should have a date column (parseable by pandas) and a column named after the CMIP6 variable (e.g. tas, tasmax). Rows should be monthly.

Climate scenarios

Scenario	SSP	Description	Expected warming
Best Case Scenario	ssp126	Strong mitigation, renewable transition	~1.8 C by 2100
Middle of the Road	ssp245	Moderate mitigation efforts	~2.7 C by 2100
Upper Middle Scenario	ssp370	Regional rivalry, slow convergence	~3.6 C by 2100
Worst Case Scenario	ssp585	Fossil-fueled development	~4.4 C by 2100

Morphing variables

• Temperature -- dry bulb temperature (shift + stretch)
• Humidity -- relative humidity via specific humidity (stretch)
• Pressure -- atmospheric pressure (shift)
• Wind -- wind speed (stretch)
• Clouds and Radiation -- global/diffuse/direct radiation and sky cover
• Dew Point -- recalculated from morphed temperature and humidity

Variable dependencies

Some variables are automatically added when needed:

• Humidity requires Temperature and Pressure
• Dew Point requires Temperature, Humidity, and Pressure

Caching

Climate model data is cached locally after the first download to speed up repeated analyses.

import pyepwmorph.models.access as access

stats = access.get_cmip6_cache_stats()
access.clear_cmip6_cache()

Available climate models

from pyepwmorph.tools.utilities import available_models

models = available_models()

Development

git clone https://github.com/justinfmccarty/pyepwmorph.git
cd pyepwmorph
uv sync --extra dev

# Run tests
pytest

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=pyepwmorph

Breaking changes in v2.0.0

• License changed from GPL-3.0 to MIT.
• future_years parameter renamed to target_years across the API. The old name is still accepted with a deprecation warning.
• MorphConfig accepts new parameters: data_source, custom_data, reference_scenario, and target_years.
• EPW I/O (pyepwmorph.tools.io) rewritten with stricter validation. Files that are not exactly 8760 data rows will now raise ValueError. The lat/lon parsing bug in the standalone epw_location() function has been fixed.
• coordinate_cmip6_data now accepts an optional time_slices dict for custom temporal bounds instead of hardcoded 1960-2014 / 2015-2100.
• Removed requirements.txt, environment.yml, .bumpversion.cfg. Use uv sync or pip install . instead.
• Per-module __version__ strings removed. Use pyepwmorph.__version__ or importlib.metadata.version("pyepwmorph").

Requirements

• Python >= 3.9
• Internet connection (for CMIP6 data download)

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.

Citation

McCarty, J. (2026). pyepwmorph: A Python package for climate-informed
EPW file morphing. Version 2.0.0.
https://github.com/justinfmccarty/pyepwmorph