Climate Information for Lerwick

Weather:

This page presents averages based on long-term climate trends. A specific daily weather forecast for Lerwick is available from the BBC.

Climate Description:

Winters in Lerwick are usually cool for Scotland, with February daily temperatures of about 5.9°C and nights cooling off to 1.8°C in the coldest month. Summers are cool, with daytime temperatures in August typically reaching 15.0°C and nights dipping to 10.5°C. Rainfall in Lerwick is typical, totalling 1188 mm in a typical year. Precipitation tends to fall more in the winter, falling over about 195 days per year. Lerwick has low sunshine totals, with 1120 hours of sunshine recorded in a typical year.

Climate Averages:

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
High Temperature (°C)	6.3	5.9	6.9	8.6	10.9	12.9	14.8	15.0	13.3	10.7	8.2	6.6	10.0
Low Temperature (°C)	2.0	1.8	2.3	3.8	5.7	8.0	10.2	10.5	9.0	6.6	4.1	2.4	5.5
Sunshine (hours per day)	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.4	5.8	4.8	4.0	4.1	3.4	2.2	1.2	0.7	3.1

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
Sunshine (hours per month)	30	57	95	131	181	145	125	128	102	69	36	21	1120
Precipitation (mm)	132	114	118	66	50	55	63	80	102	134	139	135	1188
Days with Precipitation	21	18	19	14	10	11	12	12	16	20	21	21	195
Days of Air Frost	6	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	27

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Please note that the information on this page describes long-term climate averages and cannot be relied upon for predictions of the weather. While every effort has been made to produce the best climate estimates possible, users should be aware that they may contain errors. Further explanation is available about our climate information, how the data was derived, estimates of error, and details about the original data sources.

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