Rainfall

Climate data from selected Scottish stations

Monthly and annual averages (1951 – 1980) of rainfall (mm)

Location	Alt(m)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Shetland
Lerwick	82	127	93	93	72	64	64	67	78	113	119	140	147	1177
Fair Isle	57	96	63	81	48	39	41	54	66	97	109	117	104	910
Orkney
Kirkwall	26	105	71	72	54	53	57	55	77	88	110	120	121	983
Western Isles
Benbecula	5	129	86	89	62	65	76	83	83	119	139	140	132	1203
Stornoway	15	115	77	80	66	62	67	72	74	103	126	129	125	1096
Highland
Ullapool	12	119	84	93	76	73	83	80	92	115	155	159	161	1290
Achmore (nr Plockton)	18	104	68	70	56	56	63	78	82	107	112	124	112	1032
Portree (Skye)	27	182	116	129	93	91	104	113	118	170	204	203	210	1732
Onich (nr Fort William)	15	200	132	152	111	103	124	137	150	199	215	220	238	1981
Wick	36	81	58	55	45	47	49	61	74	68	73	90	82	783
Fort Augustus	21	112	72	83	58	72	61	65	82	103	124	126	140	1098
Nairn	8	48	34	33	36	43	46	62	75	50	54	60	52	593
Glenmore Lodge	341	96	64	71	68	76	73	87	107	80	96	100	106	1024
Grampian
Gordon Castle	32	55	44	42	42	51	55	77	89	57	66	75	67	720
Braemar	339	93	59	59	51	65	55	58	76	73	87	87	96	859
Craibstone (nr Aberdeen)	102	77	57	54	51	62	54	79	83	66	78	80	80	821
Tayside
Pitlochry	144	94	59	52	47	64	62	65	72	70	76	69	94	824
Arbroath	29	50	40	40	38	48	44	62	67	50	52	54	54	599
Perth	23	70	52	47	43	57	51	67	72	63	65	69	82	738
Fife
St. Andrews	18	62	48	44	39	50	44	61	68	55	55	63	64	653
Lothian
Edinburgh (Royal
Botanic Garden)	26	47	39	39	38	49	45	69	73	57	56	58	56	626
Dunbar	23	46	33	33	33	47	41	55	68	47	48	55	49	555
Borders
Floors Castle (Kelso)	59	55	43	38	40	55	51	63	75	57	59	63	57	656
Central
Callander	107	164	113	115	81	97	86	97	113	141	147	175	193	1522
Strathclyde
Tiree	9	120	71	77	60	56	66	79	83	123	125	123	123	1106
Inveraray Castle	12	210	132	150	115	106	124	137	148	209	225	228	252	2036
Eallabus (Islay)	21	139	85	92	70	67	74	93	93	128	139	149	149	1278
Glasgow Airport	5	96	63	65	50	62	58	68	83	95	98	105	108	951
Auchincruive (nr Ayr)	45	82	50	53	47	51	58	80	91	100	97	99	93	901
Aros (Mull)	37	210	116	142	97	96	109	120	133	199	208	203	220	1853
Dumfries and Galloway
West Freugh (nr Stranraer)	15	100	65	67	53	55	57	70	82	98	100	105	103	955
Loch Dee	244	236	154	168	130	121	122	142	184	214	222	241	263	2197
Dumfries	49	103	72	66	55	71	63	77	93	104	106	109	104	1023
Eskdalemuir	242	150	99	108	86	94	95	107	122	142	140	153	160	1456

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Last edited on 11 January, 1999 Dave Wheeler weatherman@zetnet.co.uk
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