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Scotland has recorded its hottest day ever as temperatures climbed to 34.8C. The temperature was recorded at Charterhall, in the Scottish Borders, according to provisional Met Office figures, and ...
Scotland occupies the cooler northern section of Great Britain, so temperatures are generally lower than in the rest of the British Isles, with the coldest ever UK temperature of −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F) recorded at Braemar in the Grampian Mountains, on 10 January 1982 and also at Altnaharra, Highland, on 30 December 1995. [2]
The Met Office said the highest provisional temperature recorded in Wales so far on Tuesday was 36.2C at Hawarden Airport, while in Scotland, Eskdalemuir saw highs of 32.3C and Murlough in ...
173. 278. 150. Cairn Gorm, Scottish Highlands. 20 March 1986. Shetlandholds the unofficial British record for wind speed. A gust of 197 mph (317 km/h) was reported on 1 January 1992. An earlier gust in 1962 was recorded at 177 mph (285 km/h), both at RAF Saxa Vord.[12] However, it is expected that higher gusts than those reported would have ...
Absolute temperature ranges for Scotland; Month Maximum temperatures Minimum temperatures Temperature Location Council area Date (day/year) Temperature Location Council area Date (day/year) January 19.9 °C (67.8 °F) Achfary: Highland: 28/2024 −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F) Braemar: Aberdeenshire: 10/1982: February 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) Aboyne ...
Scotland’s previous highest New Year’s Day temperature stood at 14.5C in Inverurie, in Aberdeenshire, in 1992 – while the year 2015 saw the record in Wales of 15.1C in Hawarden and Prestatyn.
Highest dew point temperature: A dew point of 35 °C (95 °F) — while the temperature was 42 °C (108 °F) — was observed at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, at 3:00 p.m. on 8 July 2003. [ 203 ] Highest heat index : In the observation above at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the heat index ("feels like" temperature) was 81.1 °C (178.0 °F).
The highest average July temperatures were recorded at many locations in Great Britain, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Germany, and in the UK, July 2006 was the hottest month ever recorded and remains so today, even though the all-time temperature records of August 1990 and August 2003 were not reached.