From 29e7a8c78d07b51d057672d934c8260bb6c1e976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giacomo Caria <giacomo.caria@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 15:52:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use numpy.linspace to generate grid

---
 lib/iris/coords.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/iris/coords.py b/lib/iris/coords.py
index 6129b35150..c167e4c03e 100644
--- a/lib/iris/coords.py
+++ b/lib/iris/coords.py
@@ -2334,7 +2334,10 @@ def from_regular(
             bounds values will be defined. Defaults to False.
 
         """
-        points = (zeroth + step) + step * np.arange(count, dtype=np.float32)
+        start = zeroth + step
+        end = zeroth + (count * step)
+        points = np.linspace(start, end, num=count, dtype=np.float32)
+
         _, regular = iris.util.points_step(points)
         if not regular:
             points = (zeroth + step) + step * np.arange(