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) July 34.8 19 July 2022 Charterhall (Scottish Borders) August 32.9 9 August 2003 Greycrook (Scottish Borders) September 32.2 1 September 1906 Gordon Castle (Moray) October 27.4 3 October 1908 Tillypronie (Aberdeenshire) November 20.6 4 November 1946 Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden November 20.6 4
) and -21.3°C at Kinbrace, Sutherland. Temperatures fell well below -10°C even on the coast, with -17.2°C at Tain Range, Cromarty, -15.2°C at Lossiemouth, Moray, - 15.2°C at Dyce, Aberdeen, -12.2°C at Leuchars, Fife and -13.0°C at Edinburgh, Gogarbank. Several stations in this area recorded their coldest
of East Anglia may be close to average, areas such as East Wales, southwest England and Yorkshire could see temperatures 8–9°C above normal. Scotland is also warming up, with the peak expected on Sunday, particularly around the Moray Firth. Thanks to the Foehn effect, where air warms as it descends
, Achnagart (Ross & Cromarty) wettest with 115.6 mm and Loch Glascarnoch (Ross & Cromarty) having gusts touching 72 mph, with plenty of cloud elsewhere and a few showers or outbreaks of mainly light rain. It was particularly mild on the 11th, overnight at Kinloss (Moray) and Prestwick Gannet (Ayrshire
have measured 52cm in Oyne (Aberdeenshire) and 50cm in Tomintoul (Moray). North and mid Wales have also seen significant accumulations, with Sennybridge reporting 13cm. North Yorkshire’s Whitby recorded 9cm. READ MORE: December 2025 weather stats: A regional breakdown Of course, these are official
Highland and 165.8mm at Tyndrum, Perthshire, around half the December 1991-2020 average rainfall. While totals were less further east, because this is a climatologically much drier part of Scotland, anomalies were much higher, with 75.6mm at Lossiemouth and 77.2mm at Kinloss, both Moray, around 140
be interpreted cautiously because it is highly probable that one or more September days prior to 1960 may have been warmer. In particular, on 1 September 1906 the temperature exceeded 32°C as far as northern Scotland with (32.2°C at Gordon Castle, Moray) and 32 to 33°C widely across England
in 2016. Despite this, Easter Sunday can also be notably bright, with 14.1 hours of sunshine at Kinloss in Moray in 2014. Easter Monday: storms, snow and spring warmth Easter Monday has produced some of the UK’s most severe Easter weather. The highest temperature recorded on the day is 25.6°C
the exceptional nature of that early September heatwave. READ MORE: How is temperature measured? Scotland’s record high is 32.2°C, set at Gordon Castle (Moray) on 1 September 1906, while Wales reached 32.3°C, at Hawarden Bridge (Clwyd) on the same day. Northern Ireland’s warmest September day was more recent
descending on the lee side of hills warms and dries more rapidly. Similar effects can also occur along parts of the Moray coast in north‑east Scotland. All four nations recorded their highest temperatures of the year so far: England 22.3°C at Merryfield Wales 24.8°C at Mona Northern Ireland 19.0°C
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