Climate Information for Cairncross

Climate Description:

Winters in Cairncross are usually cool for Scotland, with January daily temperatures of about 6.1°C and nights cooling off to 1.1°C in the coldest month. Summers are warm, with daytime temperatures in July typically reaching 17.8°C and nights dipping to 10.7°C. Rainfall in Cairncross is low, totalling 735 mm in a typical year. Precipitation is distributed evenly, falling over about 133 days per year. Cairncross has high sunshine totals, with 1460 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)	6.1	6.4	8.2	10.1	13.0	15.5	17.8	17.6	15.6	12.2	8.7	6.3	11.5
Low Temperature (°C)	1.1	1.2	2.3	3.7	6.0	8.7	10.7	10.6	8.9	6.3	3.5	1.3	5.4
Sunshine (hours per day)	1.7	3.0	3.6	5.1	6.3	5.8	5.8	5.4	4.4	3.3	2.3	1.5	4.0

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
Sunshine (hours per month)	53	83	113	154	194	173	179	166	131	101	68	45	1460
Precipitation (mm)	67	50	55	45	53	58	65	65	63	77	71	66	735
Days with Precipitation	13	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	13	13	12	133
Days of Air Frost	9	9	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	44

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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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