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The storm was the worst to affect Scotland in 10 years, [21] though a stronger storm occurred less than a month afterwards, on 3 January 2012. [22] In January 2012, a stronger storm, Cyclone Andrea, hit Scotland. The worst affected area was Southern Scotland where several weather stations reported their highest gust on record.
England is also sunnier throughout the year, but unlike Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the sunniest month is July, with an average of 193.5 hours. It rains on fewer days every month throughout the year than the rest of the UK, and rainfall totals are less in every month, with the driest month, May, averaging 58.4 mm (2.30 in). [ 3 ]
Highest monthly total (England) [2] 383.9 hours Eastbourne, Sussex: July 1911 Highest monthly total (Northern Ireland) [2] 298 hours Mount Stewart, County Down: June 1940 Highest monthly total (Scotland) [2] 329.1 hours Tiree, Argyll & Bute: May 1975 Highest monthly total (Wales) [2] 354.3 hours Dale Fort, Pembrokeshire: July 1955
Howard University’s golf team is the only HBCU represented at the 2024 St. Andrews Links Collegiate Tournament in Scotland. ... who celebrated her 22nd birthday earlier this month, reflected on ...
The average maximum temperatures in Scotland are 5.0-5.7 °C in winter and 20-25 °C in summer. The coldest ever UK temperature of -27.2 °C was recorded at Braemar in the Grampian Mountains on 10 January 1982 and at Altnaharra, Highlands on 30 December 1985. [1]
With an average temperature of −2.1 °C (28.2 °F), [9] January 1963 remains the coldest month since January 1814 in Central England, although for the UK as a whole [10] and in Northern England, [11] Scotland [12] and Northern Ireland [13] February 1947 and February 1895 were colder, whilst December 2010 was also colder in Northern Ireland.
The British Isles do not experience extreme weather regularly. There have been several occasions where extreme weather events have occurred. In the winter of 1982, for a few days parts of central and southern England experienced temperatures lower than central Europe and Moscow. In contrast, the summers of 1975 and 1976 experienced temperatures ...
The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 is an Act passed by the Scottish Parliament. [5] The Act includes an emissions target, set for the year 2050, for a reduction of at least 80% from the baseline year, 1990. [5] The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 was amended by the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019, [6 ...