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Winters in Scotland have an average low of around 0 °C (32 °F), [3] with summer maximum temperatures averaging 15–17 °C (59–63 °F). [4] In general, the western coastal areas of Scotland are warmer than the east and inland areas, due to the influence of the Atlantic currents, and the colder surface temperatures of the North Sea . [ 5 ]
The Cairngorms. Scotland's most durable snow patch, Garbh Choire Mòr, Braeriach, 8 August 2008. As well as containing five of the highest mountains in the United Kingdom, [6] the Cairngorms is the range where snow persists longest, and in more locations, than anywhere else in the UK. Ben Macdui, Cairn Gorm and Braeriach all contain long-lying ...
2010–11 North American winter. The winter of 2010–11 was a weather event that brought heavy snowfalls, record low temperatures, travel chaos and school disruption to the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. It included the United Kingdom's coldest December since Met Office records began, with a mean temperature of −1 °C (30 °F ...
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 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]
On average, the temperature ranges from 18 to 25 °C (64 to 77 °F). If the air masses are strong enough in their respective areas during the summer, there can sometimes be a large difference in temperature between the far north of Scotland (including its islands) and the south-east of England – often a difference of 10–15 °C (18–27 °F ...
January 1982. Lowest temperature. −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F) (10 January 1982, Braemar, Aberdeenshire [ 1 ]) Areas affected. Great Britain and Ireland. The winter of 1981–1982 in the United Kingdom (also called The Big Snow of 1982 by the press) was a severe cold wave that was formed in early December 1981 and lasted until mid-late January in ...
The town's somewhat elevated position (180 m O.S.) means it is more susceptible to snowfall than nearby Edinburgh; over 30 days of the year on average reported lying snow between 1951 and 1980, compared to 14 at Edinburgh. [18] Temperature extremes since 1960 range from 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) during July 1983 [19] to −19.2 °C (−2.6 °F) in ...