Climate Information for Craighead

Climate Description:

Winters in Craighead are usually cold for Scotland, with January daily temperatures of about 4.6°C and nights cooling off to -1.4°C in the coldest month. Summers are cool, with daytime temperatures in July typically reaching 17.1°C and nights dipping to 9.0°C. Rainfall in Craighead is typical, totalling 1053 mm in a typical year. Precipitation is distributed evenly, falling over about 166 days per year. Craighead has average sunshine totals, with 1213 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)	4.6	4.9	6.8	9.4	12.4	14.8	17.1	16.6	14.1	10.5	7.0	4.7	10.2
Low Temperature (°C)	-1.3	-1.4	-0.1	1.5	3.9	6.9	9.0	8.7	6.5	3.8	1.0	-1.4	3.1
Sunshine (hours per day)	1.0	2.3	3.3	4.6	5.9	5.0	4.8	4.5	3.7	2.6	1.4	0.8	3.3

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
Sunshine (hours per month)	31	64	102	137	182	149	148	140	112	81	42	25	1213
Precipitation (mm)	112	85	86	64	69	72	76	80	89	118	106	96	1053
Days with Precipitation	16	13	15	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	166
Days of Air Frost	17	16	13	9	3	0	0	0	1	4	10	17	90

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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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