Climate Information for Charlestown

Climate Description:

Winters in Charlestown are usually mild for Scotland, with January daily temperatures of about 7.0°C and nights cooling off to 1.2°C in the coldest month. Summers are very warm, with daytime temperatures in July typically reaching 18.9°C and nights dipping to 11.4°C. Rainfall in Charlestown is low, totalling 744 mm in a typical year. Precipitation is distributed evenly, falling over about 144 days per year. Charlestown has low sunshine totals, with 1200 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)	7.0	7.4	9.4	11.6	14.6	16.9	18.9	18.6	16.1	12.7	9.4	7.1	12.5
Low Temperature (°C)	1.2	1.3	2.5	4.1	6.5	9.3	11.4	11.2	9.0	6.1	3.6	1.3	5.6
Sunshine (hours per day)	1.3	2.6	3.3	4.6	5.6	4.8	4.4	4.2	3.6	2.6	1.7	0.9	3.3

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
Sunshine (hours per month)	39	73	101	137	174	145	135	129	109	80	50	28	1200
Precipitation (mm)	78	60	59	40	51	59	53	60	68	80	69	67	744
Days with Precipitation	14	11	14	9	11	11	10	12	12	14	13	13	144
Days of Air Frost	9	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	37

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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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