Climate Information for Fordoun

(Fothirdun)

Climate Description:

Winters in Fordoun are usually cool for Scotland, with January daily temperatures of about 6.3°C and nights cooling off to 1.2°C in the coldest month. Summers are warm, with daytime temperatures in July typically reaching 17.9°C and nights dipping to 10.7°C. Rainfall in Fordoun is low, totalling 667 mm in a typical year. Precipitation is distributed evenly, falling over about 125 days per year. Fordoun has high sunshine totals, with 1454 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	6.6	8.5	10.4	13.0	15.7	17.9	17.8	15.5	12.2	8.8	6.5	11.6
Low Temperature (°C)	1.2	1.2	2.2	3.6	5.8	8.6	10.7	10.7	9.0	6.3	3.5	1.3	5.3
Sunshine (hours per day)	1.7	2.8	3.8	5.2	6.5	5.8	5.6	5.4	4.3	3.2	2.2	1.4	4.0

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
Sunshine (hours per month)	52	77	118	156	200	175	173	168	128	98	66	43	1454
Precipitation (mm)	50	37	41	47	51	54	56	56	61	77	75	62	667
Days with Precipitation	12	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	11	125
Days of Air Frost	9	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	39

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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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