Climate Information for Cairncurran

Climate Description:

Winters in Cairncurran are usually cool for Scotland, with January daily temperatures of about 6.1°C and nights cooling off to 1.0°C in the coldest month. Summers are warm, with daytime temperatures in July typically reaching 18.1°C and nights dipping to 10.7°C. Rainfall in Cairncurran is high, totalling 1467 mm in a typical year. Precipitation tends to fall more in the winter, falling over about 188 days per year. Cairncurran has average sunshine totals, with 1279 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	6.3	8.1	10.8	14.1	16.3	18.1	17.7	15.1	11.7	8.5	6.2	11.6
Low Temperature (°C)	1.0	1.0	2.1	3.5	6.0	8.7	10.7	10.4	8.7	5.9	3.3	1.1	5.2
Sunshine (hours per day)	1.2	2.4	3.2	4.7	6.1	5.3	5.1	4.8	3.8	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.5

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
Sunshine (hours per month)	36	66	98	140	189	160	159	149	113	84	52	33	1279
Precipitation (mm)	171	122	137	79	76	82	91	112	132	164	147	154	1467
Days with Precipitation	19	15	18	14	13	13	14	14	15	18	18	17	188
Days of Air Frost	10	9	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	47

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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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