Climate Information for Kirkton

(Kirkton of Kilmahew)

Climate Description:

Winters in Kirkton are usually cool for Scotland, with January daily temperatures of about 6.5°C and nights cooling off to 1.2°C in the coldest month. Summers are warm, with daytime temperatures in July typically reaching 18.2°C and nights dipping to 10.9°C. Rainfall in Kirkton is high, totalling 1480 mm in a typical year. Precipitation tends to fall more in the winter, falling over about 185 days per year. Kirkton has average sunshine totals, with 1257 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)	6.5	6.7	8.5	11.1	14.4	16.6	18.2	17.9	15.5	12.1	9.0	6.6	11.9
Low Temperature (°C)	1.3	1.2	2.3	3.7	6.2	8.9	10.9	10.7	8.9	6.2	3.6	1.4	5.4
Sunshine (hours per day)	1.2	2.4	3.0	4.7	6.0	5.2	4.9	4.7	3.7	2.6	1.8	1.1	3.4

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
Sunshine (hours per month)	38	66	94	140	186	156	152	146	110	80	54	35	1257
Precipitation (mm)	169	123	138	79	74	83	91	114	135	164	151	159	1480
Days with Precipitation	19	15	17	14	12	13	13	14	15	18	18	17	185
Days of Air Frost	9	8	6	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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