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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.
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
September 2023 was the most anomalously warm month, averaging 1.75 °C (3.15 °F) above the preindustrial average for September. [22] The Copernicus Programme (begun 1940) had recorded 13 August 2016, as the hottest global temperature, but by July 2024, that date had been downgraded to the fourth hottest. [23]
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 ...
England is also sunnier throughout the year than 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]
The Met Office issued an amber weather warning for heat covering vast parts of Scotland on Monday and Tuesday. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
A heat wave was officially declared on 22 June, with Scotland and Northern Ireland recording temperatures above 30 °C (86 °F) for the first time since the July 2013 heat wave. The British Isles were in the middle of a strong warm anticyclone inside a strong northward meander of the jet stream , this was part of the wider 2018 European heat wave .
Scotland had its highest temperature ever after 34.8 °C (94.6 °F) was recorded at Charterhall, [2] breaking the record of 32.9 °C (91.2 °F) recorded during the 2003 European heatwave. [29] Aysgarth Falls , a popular waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales , almost completely dried up after the high temperatures and no rainfall in the area for many ...