Climate Information for Auchtercairn

Climate Description:

Winters in Auchtercairn are usually mild for Scotland, with January daily temperatures of about 7.1°C and nights cooling off to 1.7°C in the coldest month. Summers are warm, with daytime temperatures in July typically reaching 17.7°C and nights dipping to 11.0°C. Rainfall in Auchtercairn is high, totalling 1636 mm in a typical year. Precipitation tends to fall more in the winter, falling over about 206 days per year. Auchtercairn has low sunshine totals, with 1008 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)	7.1	7.4	8.9	11.2	14.2	16.1	17.7	17.5	15.4	12.3	9.4	7.3	12.0
Low Temperature (°C)	1.7	1.7	2.8	4.2	6.3	8.9	11.0	10.9	9.0	6.5	4.0	1.9	5.7
Sunshine (hours per day)	0.8	1.8	2.6	4.0	5.4	4.5	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.6	2.8

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
Sunshine (hours per month)	24	51	80	121	166	134	121	109	90	61	31	20	1008
Precipitation (mm)	205	154	158	82	78	82	84	108	153	184	176	172	1636
Days with Precipitation	20	17	20	14	14	14	15	16	17	21	19	19	206
Days of Air Frost	8	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	33

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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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