A Winter's Tale

7 Sep 29.3 at Kinloss beats 26.5 at Lossiemouth in 1988. Latest 29C has been recorded and warmest September day in Scotland since 1906.

3 Sep 27.1C at Fyvie Castle beats 26.9 at Fort Augustus in 1991.

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June 2023 was the warmest on record in Scotland with a mean temperature of 14.3C (bearing the previous record of 13.4C in 1940).

According to the Met office a heatwave in this part of the world is three consecutive days of 25C: Prior to this year at Glasgow airport the highest total of 25C+ days recorded in June was 4 (1982, 1986, 1995, 2018) and for 27C+ days 2 (1986, 1989, 1995, 2018). Overall, since 1973, there have only been 4 spells of 4 consecutive 27C+ days. This month has seen 5 consecutive days of 26C+ and 4 27C+ days. Not bad for mid June.

There was a bright flash followed barely a second later by a loud clap of thunder. Other than that some faint flashes and rumbles abs heavy rain which has eased for now. An impressive pink cumulonimbus cloud to the east.

Late May-June is normally the best for sunny and settled conditions and there have been some excellent starts to summer in recent years but this is easily the best start to summer I can remember. We’ve had a few weeks of dry, sunny conditions and pleasant temperature in the high teens/low twenties followed by a very hot spell of temperatures in the high twenties - you can’t really ask for more. This week has been exceptional in terms of heat. Previously the highest number of 25c+ days in June at Glasgow airport was 4 and most 27c+ days just 2. In any month the long rest run of 27C+ is 4. Today was the 5th consecutive day of 26C after 4 days of 27C. That’s exceptional in any summer month let alone the first half of June. Now I’m hearing rumbles of thunder to the south. After today we’ll experience lower temperatures (but still mostly warm) and some much needed rainfall. Hopefully we’ll there’ll be further fine, sunny conditions with warm/hot temperatures but I doubt anything will exceed what we’ve experienced so far (although we could achieve higher temperatures if the conditions are right). Whatever happens this summer has already provided a memorable and notable period of weather.

An absolutely stunning summer’s day and another hot one with Glasgow airport recording 28C again. A fantastic start to summer.

This thread is for discussing notable weather events in Scotland which are record breaking or statistically significant. Feel free to post forecasts or reports of significant or record breaking weather. Records could be daily/monthly/seasonal/annual and occur nationally/regionally/locally for all sorts of weather. Met Office extremes: UK climate extremes WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK UK climate extremes Met Office monthly/seasonal/annual data UK and regional series WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK Download time-series of monthly, seasonal and annual values. Files can be downloaded in rank or year order. Last August I compiled a mostly accurate record of the warmest temperatures in each day of the year in Scotland. I updated it last night and since then there have been a few new additions: 10 Nov 18.9 Kinloss 2022 11 Nov 19.1 Lossiemouth 2022 12 Nov 16.8 Dunbar 2022 13 Nov 17.5 Achiltibuie, Poolewe, Port Henderson 2022 10 Jun 29.8 Auchincruive 2023 12 Jun 30.7 Threave 2023 It seems likely today saw a new daily record. Yesterday’s temperature in Threave was a new record June record for the station and I believe Dumfries and Galloway. Only two dates in the calendar have recorded a higher temperature earlier than the 12th June. Scotland Daily maximum extremes 1 Jan 16.1 Kinlochewe 2022 2 Jan 15.1 Dyce 1992 3 Jan 14.4 Benmore Botanic 2007 4 Jan 15.0 Gordon Castle 1957 5 Jan 15.0 Turnberry 1928 6 Jan 14.5 Inchmarlo 2005 7 Jan 15.5 Achfary 2020 8 Jan 14.1 Kinloss 1988, Inverpolly 1971, Grangemouth Refinery* 2007 9 Jan 16.7 Lairg 1971 10 Jan 17.1 Glen Torridon* 1971 11 Jan 16.1 Balmacara 1971 12 Jan 15.0 Dyce 2007 13 Jan 14.6 Dyce 1997 14 Jan 14.5 Drumnadrochit 2002 15 Jan 15.4 Inverurie 1989 16 Jan 14.4 Inverailort 1993 17 Jan 17.8 Fyvie Castle 2002 18 Jan 16.1 Gordon Castle 1932 19 Jan 15.6 Gordon Castle 1898 20 Jan 13.3 Achnashellach, Poolewe 1970, Gordon Castle 1938 21 Jan 13.9 Onich 1928, 1937 22 Jan 14.5 Aboyne 2020 23 Jan 15.0 Lossiemouth 1960 24 Jan 16.5 Achnagart 2016 25 Jan 15.8 Dunbar 2016 26 Jan 18.3 Aboyne 2003 27 Jan 16.7 Onich 1958 28 Jan 15.0 Kinlochewe 1966 29 Jan 15.5 Lossiemouth 1981 30 Jan 14.2 Poolewe 2009 31 Jan 14.8 Dyce 2007 1 Feb 14.9 Gordon Castle 1889 2 Feb 16.0 Dinnet 1975 3 Feb 16.7 Lossiemouth 2004 4 Feb 15.8 Inchmarlo 2000 5 Feb 15.5 Rothes 1990 6 Feb 15.5 Fyvie Castle 1989 7 Feb 16.1 Inchmarlo, Greycrook 1993 8 Feb 15.0 Achfary 2008 9 Feb 15.0 Aberdeen, Mannofield Resr 1962 10 Feb 15.6 Gordon Castle 1939 11 Feb 16.1 Dyce 1998 12 Feb 16.0 Aboyne 2008, Dyce 1998 13 Feb 16.3 Aboyne 1998 14 Feb 15.7 Braemar 1870 15 Feb 15.9 Eilanreach 1998 16 Feb 16.1 Arbroath 1927 17 Feb 15.0 Aberfeldy* 2009 18 Feb 16.7 Nairn 1945 19 Feb 17.3 Gordon Castle 1891 20 Feb 16.7 Blairgowrie* 1974 21 Feb 18.3 Aboyne 2019 22 Feb 17.7 Plockton 2019 23 Feb 17.7 Plockton 2019 24 Feb 16.6 Cultery 1998 25 Feb 17.4 Achiltibuie 2019 26 Feb 17.2 Balmoral 2019 27 Feb 18.2 Aboyne 2019 28 Feb 17.2 Dyce 2012 29 Feb 16.1 Dunbar, Elgin 1960 1 Mar 18.9 Cairngorm Summit 2021, 18.2 Gordon Castle 1891 2 Mar 16.1 Balerno* 1961 3 Mar 16.2 Gordon Castle 1883 4 Mar 16.7 Balmoral 1953 5 Mar 19.2 Huntly 1961 6 Mar 16.5 Inchmarlo 2000 7 Mar 17.8 Balmoral 1950 8 Mar 18.3 Achany 1961, Fort Augustus, Marchmont 1929, Gordon Castle 1948 9 Mar 20.0 Halkirk, Olgrinberg 1961 10 Mar 17.8 Gordon Castle 1961 11 Mar 19.4 Fort Augustus 1957 12 Mar 22.2 Gordon Castle 1957 13 Mar 21.1 Peebles 1957 14 Mar 21.1 North Berwick 1948 15 Mar 17.1 Inverbervie 2014 16 Mar 18.3 Banff 1961, Gordon Castle 1884 17 Mar 20.7 Inchmarlo 1999 18 Mar 19.3 Glenlivet 2003 19 Mar 20.2 Kinlochewe 2022 20 Mar 20.6 Achnagart 2005 21 Mar 18.6 Banff Golf 2012 22 Mar 20.6 Fort Augustus 1945 23 Mar 22.2 Edinburgh Botanic Garden 1945 24 Mar 20.6 Dumfries, Onich, Renfrew 1945 25 Mar 22.9 Banff 2012 26 Mar 23.2 Cromdale 2012 27 Mar 23.6 Aboyne 2012 28 Mar 21.1 Floors Castle, Strathallan 2012 29 Mar 22.2 Strachan 1965 30 Mar 21.1 Dumfries 1946, Marchmont 1929 31 Mar 20.6 Balmoral 1946, Kinlochewe 1965 1 Apr 21.1 Penicuik 1946, Arbroath 1921 2 Apr 21.2 Gordon Castle 1892 3 Apr 22.2 Blackford Hill, Floors Castle 1946 4 Apr 21.7 Achnashellach 1974 5 Apr 20.7 Aboyne 2015 6 Apr 21.1 Fyvie Castle 2011 7 Apr 22.0 Achnashellach 1974 8 Apr 22.4 Glenlivet 1974 9 Apr 22.9* Contin 1974 10 Apr 23.3 Fyvie Castle 2011 11 Apr 21.1 Auchincruive 1939, Cromdale 2010, Glasgow Old 1869 12 Apr 20.2 Tyndrum 2010 13 Apr 21.6 Forres 2007 14 Apr 22.9 Aboyne 2007 15 Apr 24.8 Poolewe 2003 16 Apr 26.0 Inverailort 2003 17 Apr 27.2 Inverailort 2003 18 Apr 25.3 Achnagart 2003 19 Apr 23.8 Penicuik 2019 20 Apr 24.8 Floors Castle 2019 21 Apr 23.9 Banff Golf Club 2019 22 Apr 24.2 Kinlochewe 2019 23 Apr 24.4 Port Henderson 2019 24 Apr 24.4 Lairg 1984 25 Apr 26.5 Onich 1984 26 Apr 25.2 Onich 1984 27 Apr 25.4 Achnashellach 1984 28 Apr 25.5 Kinlochewe 1984 29 Apr 25.8 Creebridge 1993 30 Apr 25.0 Glentress 1993 1 May 27.4 Lossiemouth 1990 2 May 28.3 Rothes 1990 3 May 27.8 Kinlochewe 1990 4 May 26.5 Greycook 1990 5 May 24.1 Motherwell 2008 6 May 25.0 Motherwell 2008 7 May 25.3 Ballachulish 2000 8 May 26.1 Inverailort 2008 9 May 27.7 Plockton 2016 10 May 26.1 Turnberry 1959 11 May 26.0 Creebridge 2001 12 May 26.7 Inverailort 2001 13 May 28.3 Ballachulish, Kinlochewe 1998 14 May 29.0 Edinburgh Botanical 1992 15 May 26.5 Inverailort 1988 16 May 25.9 Glasgow Old 1859 17 May 27.2 Achnashellach 1948 18 May 27.2 Achnashellach 1948 19 May 28.3 Glenbrabter 1948 20 May 25.3 Floors Castle 2020 21 May 27.4 Kinlochewe 1989 22 May 27.0 Floors Castle 2010 23 May 28.4 Cromdale 2012 24 May 28.9 Glenlee 2012 25 May 30.9 Inverailort 2012 26 May 29.5 Inverailort 2012 27 May 29.0 Cromdale 2012 28 May 27.9 Pollok Country Park 2012 29 May 28.3 Cromdale 2020 30 May 27.9 Inverailort 1992 31 May 26.7 Arbroath 1922, Fort Augustus, Kinlochewe 1978 1 Jun 27.8 Paisley 1978 2 Jun 27.5 Lanark 1982 3 Jun 29.0 Corpach 1979 4 Jun 31.1 Glasgow Airport 1939 30.0 Gordon Castle 1933 5 Jun 30.1 Motherwell 1982 6 Jun 30.0 Floors Castle, Renfrew 1950 7 Jun 29.4 Gordon Castle, Nairn 1933 8 Jun 28.3 Arbroath 1940, Callander 1975 9 Jun 28.9 Achnashellach 1975 10 Jun 29.8 Auchincruive 2023 11 Jun 28.3 Dinnet* 1975 12 Jun 30.7 Threave 2023 13 Jun 28.3 Aboyne 1994 14 Jun 31.7 Colmonell 1896 15 Jun 29.4 Fort Augustus 1957 16 Jun 28.4 Forres 1986 17 Jun 28.2 Gordon Castle 1887 18 Jun 32.2 Ochtertyre 1893 19 Jun 30.0 Fort Augustus 1989 20 Jun 29.5 Kelso 1989 21 Jun 30.0 Achnashellach 1936 22 Jun 29.4 Nairn 1936, 1941, Gordon Castle 1941 23 Jun 28.3 Achnashellach, Onich 1953, Kinlochewe 1953, 1960, Fort William 1960 24 Jun 28.3 Achnagoichan, Cannich 1960 25 Jun 30.8 Prestwick Gannet 2020 26 Jun 30.0 Onich 1995 27 Jun 31.3 Aviemore 2018 28 Jun 31.9 Bishopton 2018 29 Jun 30.7 Kelso 1976 30 Jun 31.6 Inverailort 1986 1 Jul 31.6 Lossiemouth 1976 2 Jul 32.4 Wauchope 1976 3 Jul 31.6 Kelso 1976 4 Jul 30.5 Glentress 1976 5 Jul 30.5 Glentress 1976 6 Jul 30.0 Glentress 1976 7 Jul 30.0 Glenlee, Paisley 1977, Grangemouth* 1971 8 Jul 30.0 Braemar 1976 9 Jul 29.3 Grangemouth Refinery 2013, 29.2 Dingwall 1999 10 Jul 29.4 Leuchars 2022 11 Jul 31.0 Glenlee 2005 12 Jul 31.5 Coatbridge 1983 13 Jul 29.4 Marchmont 1926 14 Jul 29.5 Motherwell 2003 15 Jul 30.0 Glasgow Old 1868 16 Jul 31.1 Creebridge 2003 17 Jul 30.9 Inverailort 2003 18 Jul 31.3 Aboyne, Leuchars 2022 19 Jul 34.8 Charterhall 2022 20 Jul 32.8 Dumfries 1901, 29.6 Cromdale 2013 21 Jul 29.6 Aviemore 2013 22 Jul 30.6 Motherwell 1983 23 Jul 29.6 Kelso 1989 24 Jul 29.5 Glentress 1989 25 Jul 31.6 Gogarbank, Floors Castle 2019 26 Jul 30.6 Kinloss 1995 27 Jul 30.4 Lossiemouth 2018 28 Jul 28.9 Dumfries 1948 29 Jul 30.6 Dumfries 1948 30 Jul 31.1 Achnashellach 1948 31 Jul 31.1 Dunbar, North Berwick 1943 1 Aug 31.1 Inverailort 1995 2 Aug 32.2 Kelso 1990 3 Aug 29.9 Inverailort 1999 4 Aug 31.2 Abbotsinch 1975 5 Aug 29.1 Prestwick Gannet 2003 6 Aug 30.1 Glenlivet 2003 7 Aug 29.7 Aberfeldy 2003 8 Aug 30.6 Achnagart, Aviemore 2003 9 Aug 32.9 Greycrook 2003 10 Aug 29.5 Onich, Lagganila 1975 11 Aug 30.7 Lagganila, Dinnet 1975 12 Aug 30.0 Kelso 1997 13 Aug 29.4 Portpatrick 2020 14 Aug 29.4 Braemar 1876 15 Aug 29.3 Kelso 1995 16 Aug 29.4 Kelso 1995 17 Aug 30.2 Kelso 1995 18 Aug 30.1 Charterhall 1995 19 Aug 28.7 Motherwell 1997 20 Aug 30.8 Motherwell 1984 21 Aug 31.4 Kelso 1995 22 Aug 29.4 Fort Augustus 1955 23 Aug 30.6 Fort Augustus 1955 24 Aug 30.6 Nairn 1955 25 Aug 29.5 Banchory 1976 26 Aug 28.8 Fort Augustus 1976 27 Aug 28.3 North Berwick 1930 28 Aug 27.5 Greycrook 1975. 29 Aug 28.9 Kinlochewe 1961 30 Aug 26.7 Glentress 1991 31 Aug 28.6 Aldroughty 1991 1 Sep 32.2 Gordon Castle 1901 2 Sep 32.1 Gordon Castle 1901 3 Sep 26.9 Fort Augustus 1991 4 Sep 27.4 Creebridge 1991 5 Sep 27.8 Gordon Castle 1898 6 Sep 26.1 Gordon Castle, Blackford Hill 1898 7 Sep 26.5 Lossiemouth 1988 8 Sep 28.2 Bishopton 2021 9 Sep 27.1 Motherwell 2004 10 Sep 26.7 Renfrew 1959, Gordon Castle 1907 11 Sep 26.1 Coatbridge, Falkirk, Renfrew 1959 12 Sep 25.8 Gordon Castle 1891 13 Sep 24.8 Kinlochewe 2002 14 Sep 26.1 Achnashellach, Auchincruive 1934 15 Sep 25.9 Aboyne 2016 16 Sep 25.0 Blackford Hill, Gordon Castle 1898 17 Sep 25.8 Gordon Castle 1898 18 Sep 26.1 North Berwick 1926 19 Sep 24.4 Kinlochewe 2020, Onich 1926 20 Sep 25.8 Glentress 1998 21 Sep 26.9 Dingwall 1998 22 Sep 23.5 Achiltibuie 2019, Invergordon 1998 23 Sep 24.5 Ballater* 1994 24 Sep 24.4 Kinlochewe 1956 25 Sep 25.0 Gordon Castle 1895 26 Sep 23.5 Dyce 1983 27 Sep 26.0 Gordon Castle 1895 28 Sep 25.4 Dunbar, Floors Castle 2011 29 Sep 24.2 Inverurie 1985 30 Sep 26.7 Floors Castle 2011 1 Oct 24.4 Blackford Hill, Kilmarnock 1959 2 Oct 23.7 Dundee, Kirkcaldy 1973 3 Oct 27.4 Tillypronie 1908, 25.6 Gordon Castle 1908 4 Oct 24.4 Edinburgh Botanic, Elgin, Forres, Kinloss, Kinlochewe, Nairn 5 Oct 23.2 Gordon Castle 1898 6 Oct 23.4 Grantown-on-Spey 1972 7 Oct 22.2 Achaglachgach 1959 8 Oct 22.2 Cannich 1959, Fort Augustus 1921 9 Oct 24.2 Gordon Castle 1921 10 Oct 23.3 Mertoun* 1969 11 Oct 20.6 Bargrennan 1969, Nairn 1947 12 Oct 21.1 Glen Torridon* 1969 13 Oct 22.4 Inverailort 1990 14 Oct 21.7 Kinlochewe, Glen Torridon* 1970 15 Oct 21.6 Achnashellach 1977 16 Oct 21.4 Achiltibuie 2005 17 Oct 20.6 Glentress, Poolewe, Kinlochewe 1969, Gordon Castle 1909 18 Oct 21.9 Balmacara House 1977 19 Oct 22.2 Gordon Castle 1899 20 Oct 20.4 Fyvie Castle 2018 21 Oct 20.6 Edinburgh Botanic 1977, Dyce 2015 22 Oct 22.2 Cape Wrath 1965 23 Oct 20.0 Balmoral 1955 24 Oct 19.1 Kinlochewe 1996 25 Oct 18.6 Nairn 1975 26 Oct 20.2 Diabaig 2005 27 Oct 22.1 Edinburgh Botanic 2005 28 Oct 19.4 Banchory 1978 29 Oct 18.9 Dunbar 1984 30 Oct 19.2 Forres 2005 31 Oct 19.3 Kinloss 2011 1 Nov 18.0 Inverness 1971 2 Nov 18.8 Inverurie 1972 3 Nov 18.8 Achnashellach 1946 4 Nov 20.5 Edinburgh Botanic 1946 5 Nov 18.4 Dingwall 2003 6 Nov 19.2 Plockton 2003 7 Nov 20.2 Lochcarron 2003 8 Nov 16.7 Inverness 1973, Lossiemouth 1983 9 Nov 16.8 Dunbar 2015, Onich 1974 10 Nov 18.9 Kinloss 2022 11 Nov 19.1 Lossiemouth 2022 12 Nov 16.8 Dunbar 2022 13 Nov 17.5 Achiltibuie, Poolewe, Port Henderson 2022 14 Nov 17.1 Aboyne 2016 15 Nov 19.2 Eilanreach 1997 16 Nov 18.8 Aultbea 1997 17 Nov 17.3 Grangemouth Refinery* 1997, 17.0 Eilanreach 1997 18 Nov 17.5 Aultbea 1997 19 Nov 16.8 Dyce 2021 20 Nov 17.2 Dunoon 1947 21 Nov 16.6 Dunbar, North Berwick 1947 22 Nov 16.7 Gordon Castle 1905 23 Nov 20.0 Lairg 1906 24 Nov 15.8 Gordon Castle 1906, Lossiemouth 2001 25 Nov 15.6 Balerno* 1959 26 Nov 16.1 Achnashellach 1948 27 Nov 16.1 Achnashellach 1948 28 Nov 16.3 Achany* 1979 29 Nov 15.9 Duartmore Bridge 1991 30 Nov 16.2 Glentress 2001 1 Dec 16.6 Achnashellach 1948 2 Dec 18.3 Achnasellach 1948 3 Dec 15.1 Gordon Castle 1881 4 Dec 16.6 Achfary 2007 5 Dec 15.0 Kinlochewe 1955, Falkirk S Works* 2000, 6 Dec 15.9 Achnagart 2016 7 Dec 16.6 Achfary 2016 8 Dec 14.8 Achnagart 2016 9 Dec 15.0 Gordon Castle 1913 10 Dec 16.6 Cassley 2013 11 Dec 16.0 Achfary 2013 12 Dec 17.4 Cape Wrath 1984 13 Dec 17.1 Cape Wrath 1984 14 Dec 16.1 Kinloss 199 15 Dec 15.6 Achnashellach 1961 16 Dec 17.2 Plockton 2015 17 Dec 16.5 Cape Wrath, Rudh Re 1972 18 Dec 17.7 Cape Wrath 1972 19 Dec 15.7 Dunbar 2015 20 Dec 15.3 Inverurie 1971 21 Dec 14.5 Dalry 1991 22 Dec 14.8 Achnagart 2017 23 Dec 15.8 Inverpolly 1974 24 Dec 15.6 Aberdeen, Banff, Gordon Castle 1931 25 Dec 15.1 Dyce 2011, 2016 26 Dec 16.1 Banff 2011 27 Dec 16.0 Aberdeen, Mannofield Resr 1983 28 Dec 18.7 Achfary 2019 29 Dec 14.8 Floors Castle 2015 30 Dec 15.8 Floors Castle 2015 31 Dec 13.8 Kinloss, Elgin 1972 Top 10 warmest days 19 Jul 34.8 Charterhall 2022 9 Aug 32.9 Greycrook 2003 20 Jul 32.8 Dumfries 1901 1 Sep 32.2 Gordon Castle 1901 2 Aug 32.2 Kelso 1990 18 Jun 32.2 Ochtertyre 1893 2 Jul 32.1 Kelso 1976 2 Sep 32.1 Gordon Castle 1901 28 Jun 31.9 Bishopton 2018 14 Jun 31.7 Colmonell 1896 Top 10 Warmest temperatures 19 Jul 34.8 Charterhall 2022 9 Aug 32.9 Greycrook 2003 20 Jul 32.8 Dumfries 1901 9 Aug 32.7 Charterhall 2003 2 Jul 32.4 Wauchope 1976 19 Jul 32.3 Eskdalemuir 2022 1 Sep 32.2 Gordon Castle 1901 2 Aug 32.2 Kelso 1990 18 Jun 32.2 Ochtertyre 1893 2 Jul 32.1 Kelso 1976 2 Sep 32.1 Gordon Castle 1901 I haven’t done an equivalent for coldest minimum temperature but many dates here include Scotland. The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) WWW.TORRO.ORG.UK TORRO is a privately-supported research body specialising in severe convective weather in Britain and Ireland In the past few days it appears Bealach na Ba has recorded an all time maximum and Auchincruive has set a new record June maximum. This site is good for all time/monthly records for stations: Starlings Roost Weather STARLINGSROOST.DDNS.NET This site is useful for finding current temperatures at official Met office stations. Weatherobs WEATHEROBS.COM Global weather observations (METAR, SYNOP, BUOY, SHIP, TAF, CWOP) decoded to enable display of latest temperatures, weather, snow depths, precipitation, wind and wave... Scotland has recently been experiencing a notable dry period with issues concerning water scarcity. Water scarcity | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) WWW.SEPA.ORG.UK Water scarcity and drought information for Scotland This thread could be used for unusual weather events such as severe thunderstorms/hail storms/tornadoes, unseasonal snow/freezing rain, flooding/storm surge/landslide, wildfires. As a result of the recent dry weather we’ve seen Loch Ness drop to the lowest level in decades and the wildfire in nearby Cannich is believed to be the largest on record in the UK. Concerns over Loch Ness' falling water levels WWW.BBC.CO.UK The famous loch along with the River Ness have hit record low water marks. Highland wildfire could be largest ever in UK - BBC News WWW.BBC.CO.UK Firefighters say flames burned through a 30 sq mile area near Cannich but it is now under control.

Last August I attempted to compile a record of the highest temperatures of each day of the year for Scotland. It should be mostly accurate and today and yesterday have most likely set new daily records for Scotland. Scotland Daily maximum extremes 1 Jan 16.1 Kinlochewe 2022 2 Jan 15.1 Dyce 1992 3 Jan 14.4 Benmore Botanic 2007 4 Jan 15.0 Gordon Castle 1957 5 Jan 15.0 Turnberry 1928 6 Jan 14.5 Inchmarlo 2005 7 Jan 15.5 Achfary 2020 8 Jan 14.1 Kinloss 1988, Inverpolly 1971, Grangemouth Refinery* 2007 9 Jan 16.7 Lairg 1971 10 Jan 17.1 Glen Torridon* 1971 11 Jan 16.1 Balmacara 1971 12 Jan 15.0 Dyce 2007 13 Jan 14.6 Dyce 1997 14 Jan 14.5 Drumnadrochit 2002 15 Jan 15.4 Inverurie 1989 16 Jan 14.4 Inverailort 1993 17 Jan 17.8 Fyvie Castle 2002 18 Jan 16.1 Gordon Castle 1932 19 Jan 15.6 Gordon Castle 1898 20 Jan 13.3 Achnashellach, Poolewe 1970, Gordon Castle 1938 21 Jan 13.9 Onich 1928, 1937 22 Jan 14.5 Aboyne 2020 23 Jan 15.0 Lossiemouth 1960 24 Jan 16.5 Achnagart 2016 25 Jan 15.8 Dunbar 2016 26 Jan 18.3 Aboyne 2003 27 Jan 16.7 Onich 1958 28 Jan 15.0 Kinlochewe 1966 29 Jan 15.5 Lossiemouth 1981 30 Jan 14.2 Poolewe 2009 31 Jan 14.8 Dyce 2007 1 Feb 14.9 Gordon Castle 1889 2 Feb 16.0 Dinnet 1975 3 Feb 16.7 Lossiemouth 2004 4 Feb 15.8 Inchmarlo 2000 5 Feb 15.5 Rothes 1990 6 Feb 15.5 Fyvie Castle 1989 7 Feb 16.1 Inchmarlo, Greycrook 1993 8 Feb 15.0 Achfary 2008 9 Feb 15.0 Aberdeen, Mannofield Resr 1962 10 Feb 15.6 Gordon Castle 1939 11 Feb 16.1 Dyce 1998 12 Feb 16.0 Aboyne 2008, Dyce 1998 13 Feb 16.3 Aboyne 1998 14 Feb 15.7 Braemar 1870 15 Feb 15.9 Eilanreach 1998 16 Feb 16.1 Arbroath 1927 17 Feb 15.0 Aberfeldy* 2009 18 Feb 16.7 Nairn 1945 19 Feb 17.3 Gordon Castle 1891 20 Feb 16.7 Blairgowrie* 1974 21 Feb 18.3 Aboyne 2019 22 Feb 17.7 Plockton 2019 23 Feb 17.7 Plockton 2019 24 Feb 16.6 Cultery 1998 25 Feb 17.4 Achiltibuie 2019 26 Feb 17.2 Balmoral 2019 27 Feb 18.2 Aboyne 2019 28 Feb 17.2 Dyce 2012 29 Feb 16.1 Dunbar, Elgin 1960 1 Mar 18.9 Cairngorm Summit 2021, 18.2 Gordon Castle 1891 2 Mar 16.1 Balerno* 1961 3 Mar 16.2 Gordon Castle 1883 4 Mar 16.7 Balmoral 1953 5 Mar 19.2 Huntly 1961 6 Mar 16.5 Inchmarlo 2000 7 Mar 17.8 Balmoral 1950 8 Mar 18.3 Achany 1961, Fort Augustus, Marchmont 1929, Gordon Castle 1948 9 Mar 20.0 Halkirk, Olgrinberg 1961 10 Mar 17.8 Gordon Castle 1961 11 Mar 19.4 Fort Augustus 1957 12 Mar 22.2 Gordon Castle 1957 13 Mar 21.1 Peebles 1957 14 Mar 21.1 North Berwick 1948 15 Mar 17.1 Inverbervie 2014 16 Mar 18.3 Banff 1961, Gordon Castle 1884 17 Mar 20.7 Inchmarlo 1999 18 Mar 19.3 Glenlivet 2003 19 Mar 20.2 Kinlochewe 2022 20 Mar 20.6 Achnagart 2005 21 Mar 18.6 Banff Golf 2012 22 Mar 20.6 Fort Augustus 1945 23 Mar 22.2 Edinburgh Botanic Garden 1945 24 Mar 20.6 Dumfries, Onich, Renfrew 1945 25 Mar 22.9 Banff 2012 26 Mar 23.2 Cromdale 2012 27 Mar 23.6 Aboyne 2012 28 Mar 21.1 Floors Castle, Strathallan 2012 29 Mar 22.2 Strachan 1965 30 Mar 21.1 Dumfries 1946, Marchmont 1929 31 Mar 20.6 Balmoral 1946, Kinlochewe 1965 1 Apr 21.1 Penicuik 1946, Arbroath 1921 2 Apr 21.2 Gordon Castle 1892 3 Apr 22.2 Blackford Hill, Floors Castle 1946 4 Apr 21.7 Achnashellach 1974 5 Apr 20.7 Aboyne 2015 6 Apr 21.1 Fyvie Castle 2011 7 Apr 22.0 Achnashellach 1974 8 Apr 22.4 Glenlivet 1974 9 Apr 22.9* Contin 1974 10 Apr 23.3 Fyvie Castle 2011 11 Apr 21.1 Auchincruive 1939, Cromdale 2010, Glasgow Old 1869 12 Apr 20.2 Tyndrum 2010 13 Apr 21.6 Forres 2007 14 Apr 22.9 Aboyne 2007 15 Apr 24.8 Poolewe 2003 16 Apr 26.0 Inverailort 2003 17 Apr 27.2 Inverailort 2003 18 Apr 25.3 Achnagart 2003 19 Apr 23.8 Penicuik 2019 20 Apr 24.8 Floors Castle 2019 21 Apr 23.9 Banff Golf Club 2019 22 Apr 24.2 Kinlochewe 2019 23 Apr 24.4 Port Henderson 2019 24 Apr 24.4 Lairg 1984 25 Apr 26.5 Onich 1984 26 Apr 25.2 Onich 1984 27 Apr 25.4 Achnashellach 1984 28 Apr 25.5 Kinlochewe 1984 29 Apr 25.8 Creebridge 1993 30 Apr 25.0 Glentress 1993 1 May 27.4 Lossiemouth 1990 2 May 28.3 Rothes 1990 3 May 27.8 Kinlochewe 1990 4 May 26.5 Greycook 1990 5 May 24.1 Motherwell 2008 6 May 25.0 Motherwell 2008 7 May 25.3 Ballachulish 2000 8 May 26.1 Inverailort 2008 9 May 27.7 Plockton 2016 10 May 26.1 Turnberry 1959 11 May 26.0 Creebridge 2001 12 May 26.7 Inverailort 2001 13 May 28.3 Ballachulish, Kinlochewe 1998 14 May 29.0 Edinburgh Botanical 1992 15 May 26.5 Inverailort 1988 16 May 25.9 Glasgow Old 1859 17 May 27.2 Achnashellach 1948 18 May 27.2 Achnashellach 1948 19 May 28.3 Glenbrabter 1948 20 May 25.3 Floors Castle 2020 21 May 27.4 Kinlochewe 1989 22 May 27.0 Floors Castle 2010 23 May 28.4 Cromdale 2012 24 May 28.9 Glenlee 2012 25 May 30.9 Inverailort 2012 26 May 29.5 Inverailort 2012 27 May 29.0 Cromdale 2012 28 May 27.9 Pollok Country Park 2012 29 May 28.3 Cromdale 2020 30 May 27.9 Inverailort 1992 31 May 26.7 Arbroath 1922, Fort Augustus, Kinlochewe 1978 1 Jun 27.8 Paisley 1978 2 Jun 27.5 Lanark 1982 3 Jun 29.0 Corpach 1979 4 Jun 31.1 Glasgow Airport 1939 30.0 Gordon Castle 1933 5 Jun 30.1 Motherwell 1982 6 Jun 30.0 Floors Castle, Renfrew 1950 7 Jun 29.4 Gordon Castle, Nairn 1933 8 Jun 28.3 Arbroath 1940, Callander 1975 9 Jun 28.9 Achnashellach 1975 10 Jun 28.4 Paisley 2006 11 Jun 28.3 Dinnet* 1975 12 Jun 27.8 Renfrew 1950 13 Jun 28.3 Aboyne 1994 14 Jun 31.7 Colmonell 1896 15 Jun 29.4 Fort Augustus 1957 16 Jun 28.4 Forres 1986 17 Jun 28.2 Gordon Castle 1887 18 Jun 32.2 Ochtertyre 1893 19 Jun 30.0 Fort Augustus 1989 20 Jun 29.5 Kelso 1989 21 Jun 30.0 Achnashellach 1936 22 Jun 29.4 Nairn 1936, 1941, Gordon Castle 1941 23 Jun 28.3 Achnashellach, Onich 1953, Kinlochewe 1953, 1960, Fort William 1960 24 Jun 28.3 Achnagoichan, Cannich 1960 25 Jun 30.8 Prestwick Gannet 2020 26 Jun 30.0 Onich 1995 27 Jun 31.3 Aviemore 2018 28 Jun 31.9 Bishopton 2018 29 Jun 30.7 Kelso 1976 30 Jun 31.6 Inverailort 1986 1 Jul 31.6 Lossiemouth 1976 2 Jul 32.4 Wauchope 1976 3 Jul 31.6 Kelso 1976 4 Jul 30.5 Glentress 1976 5 Jul 30.5 Glentress 1976 6 Jul 30.0 Glentress 1976 7 Jul 30.0 Glenlee, Paisley 1977, Grangemouth* 1971 8 Jul 30.0 Braemar 1976 9 Jul 29.3 Grangemouth Refinery 2013, 29.2 Dingwall 1999 10 Jul 29.4 Leuchars 2022 11 Jul 31.0 Glenlee 2005 12 Jul 31.5 Coatbridge 1983 13 Jul 29.4 Marchmont 1926 14 Jul 29.5 Motherwell 2003 15 Jul 30.0 Glasgow Old 1868 16 Jul 31.1 Creebridge 2003 17 Jul 30.9 Inverailort 2003 18 Jul 31.3 Aboyne, Leuchars 2022 19 Jul 34.8 Charterhall 2022 20 Jul 32.8 Dumfries 1901, 29.6 Cromdale 2013 21 Jul 29.6 Aviemore 2013 22 Jul 30.6 Motherwell 1983 23 Jul 29.6 Kelso 1989 24 Jul 29.5 Glentress 1989 25 Jul 31.6 Gogarbank, Floors Castle 2019 26 Jul 30.6 Kinloss 1995 27 Jul 30.4 Lossiemouth 2018 28 Jul 28.9 Dumfries 1948 29 Jul 30.6 Dumfries 1948 30 Jul 31.1 Achnashellach 1948 31 Jul 31.1 Dunbar, North Berwick 1943 1 Aug 31.1 Inverailort 1995 2 Aug 32.2 Kelso 1990 3 Aug 29.9 Inverailort 1999 4 Aug 31.2 Abbotsinch 1975 5 Aug 29.1 Prestwick Gannet 2003 6 Aug 30.1 Glenlivet 2003 7 Aug 29.7 Aberfeldy 2003 8 Aug 30.6 Achnagart, Aviemore 2003 9 Aug 32.9 Greycrook 2003 10 Aug 29.5 Onich, Lagganila 1975 11 Aug 30.7 Lagganila, Dinnet 1975 12 Aug 30.0 Kelso 1997 13 Aug 29.4 Portpatrick 2020 14 Aug 29.4 Braemar 1876 15 Aug 29.3 Kelso 1995 16 Aug 29.4 Kelso 1995 17 Aug 30.2 Kelso 1995 18 Aug 30.1 Charterhall 1995 19 Aug 28.7 Motherwell 1997 20 Aug 30.8 Motherwell 1984 21 Aug 31.4 Kelso 1995 22 Aug 29.4 Fort Augustus 1955 23 Aug 30.6 Fort Augustus 1955 24 Aug 30.6 Nairn 1955 25 Aug 29.5 Banchory 1976 26 Aug 28.8 Fort Augustus 1976 27 Aug 28.3 North Berwick 1930 28 Aug 27.5 Greycrook 1975. 29 Aug 28.9 Kinlochewe 1961 30 Aug 26.7 Glentress 1991 31 Aug 28.6 Aldroughty 1991 1 Sep 32.2 Gordon Castle 1901 2 Sep 32.1 Gordon Castle 1901 3 Sep 26.9 Fort Augustus 1991 4 Sep 27.4 Creebridge 1991 5 Sep 27.8 Gordon Castle 1898 6 Sep 26.1 Gordon Castle, Blackford Hill 1898 7 Sep 26.5 Lossiemouth 1988 8 Sep 28.2 Bishopton 2021 9 Sep 27.1 Motherwell 2004 10 Sep 26.7 Renfrew 1959, Gordon Castle 1907 11 Sep 26.1 Coatbridge, Falkirk, Renfrew 1959 12 Sep 25.8 Gordon Castle 1891 13 Sep 24.8 Kinlochewe 2002 14 Sep 26.1 Achnashellach, Auchincruive 1934 15 Sep 25.9 Aboyne 2016 16 Sep 25.0 Blackford Hill, Gordon Castle 1898 17 Sep 25.8 Gordon Castle 1898 18 Sep 26.1 North Berwick 1926 19 Sep 24.4 Kinlochewe 2020, Onich 1926 20 Sep 25.8 Glentress 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Threave recorded 30.1C today so another year above 30C. Glasgow airport also recorded 28C - normally the annual warmest temperature there is 27C/28C but it’s unusual to record such a temperature this early in the season and even more so without largely clear skies. Scotland records hottest day as heatwave hits - BBC News WWW.BBC.CO.UK Threave in Dumfries and Galloway reaches 30.1C as the Met Office confirms that Scotland is experiencing a heatwave.

In the UK only 2 of the last 8 years failed to record 35C with 37C+ recorded in 2019, 2020 and 2022. In the past few years in Scotland we’ve seen: 31.9 in Bishopton (2018), 31.6 in Edinburgh (2019), 30.8 in Prestwick (2020), 29.6 in Kirkcudbrightshire (2021) and 34.8 in Charterhall (2022). There’s definitely been a step change in the past 5 years with higher temperatures more easily achieved. Obviously a warmer atmosphere the main factor though drier soils possibly a factor aswell. That forecast for Dumfries is remarkable (especially before mid June) but not that surprising. I suspect the nearest stations to Dumfries in Eskdalemuir and Dundrennan won’t record 32C though Carlisle might. Considering this summer has started drier than last year I think we could see temperature close to or exceeding the old Scottish record if we get a plume sometime between late June and mid August. The recent rainfall in southern Europe could mean the air might not be as hot as last year though the models are still showing some very high uppers across parts of Europe/N Africa (which has been a feature of recent years). We could do with some more rainfall to the limit the risk of water scarcity and wild fires. Yesterday’s rain was welcome but ultimately too scattered and short lived to have an effect.

A nice warm summer evening after some rain yesterday - which ended a run of 20 days without rain. The Spring was rather uninspiring overall but late May and June so far has been remarkably dry with a lot of warm and fine weather. Not particularly hot with 24C the highest recorded at Glasgow airport so far - we should see reach 25C at some point in the following days. A better start to summer than last year and tne recent weather has reminded me of the early summer weather in 2016, 2018 and 2021. 2018 and 2021 were excellent summers overall while 2016 faded after a promising start. I’d expect we’ve probably seen the best of the settled conditions though I think the hottest weather is probably yet to come. Yesterday nearly saw 30C in Ayrshire which is a notable temperature this early in the season. It seems to be easier to record such temperatures nowadays and should we end up in the firing line of a plume then we could see more widespread temperatures in the high 20s/low 30s.

Snow depth around an inch this morning.

Oh dear not another 40cm+ snowfall. I can’t wait for the inevitable southward shift or sleet fest once the Met Office issue a warning.

Now got a covering which is more than I expected. It appears the stream is moving south so I doubt there’s more to come.

Well I’m glad to say it has snowed for the first time in nearly two months thanks to a brief but quite heavy shower.

An interesting period of weather coming up. Today’s weather front is further north than expected but not enough to deliver more than a period of light snow in central Scotland with some showers in eastern parts - the very south of Scotland should see accumulating snow tonight. Saturday/Sunday is uncertain in terms of the track and intensity of precipitation. A run of the mill snow to rain scenario is most likely though the front could stall to provided a longer period of snow. Late Sunday/Monday is even more uncertain. It’s quite possible this could produce quite a lot of snow across parts of northern Scotland. I’d like to see this shift a little south as it could deliver a significant snowfall quite widely. Afterwards cold air returns from the north and there is another chance of frontal snow mid next week.

Now -15.6C at Altnaharra so a new coldest temperature of 2023 so far. Other low temperatures: -13.9C Kinbrace -11.9C Loch Glascarnoch -11.3C Resallach -10.5C Braemar -10.1C Balmoral

Already down to -14.6C at Altnaharra. -12.7C at Kinbrace. I think there’s a good chance tonight will be the coldest of the winter so far

Now -11.4C

No record at Altnaharra - the maximum was -2.4C - but it’s already -9.7C there so potentially a very cold night to come.

Yet to be confirmed but it appears the official Met Office station at Altnaharra has recorded a daily maximum of just -5.1C. The record lowest daily maximum for March is -4.7C recorded during the best from the east in 2018 in Wales.

It appears that the official Met Office weather station at Altnaharra has recorded a maximum of just -5.1C. If confirmed that would be a new record low daily maximum temperature for March.

Looking at the GFS ensembles I can see why central Scotland is still in the warning area.