The Climate of Fair Isle

Monthly Temperature Data 1974-1998

WINTER

SPRING

SUMMER

AUTUMN

Year

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

MEAN

MAX

MIN

DEC-FEB

MAR-MAY

JUN-AUG

SEP-NOV

Lowest

1974

4.9

3.0

3.7

5.2

7.8

9.9

11.9

12.4

9.2

5.9

5.8

2.4

6.8

12.4

2.4

5.6

11.4

7.0

Maximum

1975

3.4

2.8

0.6

3.2

6.8

5.6

11.0

10.9

9.1

8.6

5.8

2.2

5.8

11.0

0.6

2.9

3.5

9.2

7.8

Temperature

1976

2.0

4.1

2.9

4.2

5.4

10.1

11.6

12.9

8.8

8.3

2.6

0.1

6.1

12.9

0.1

2.8

4.2

11.5

6.6

09-21hr

1977

1.7

1.8

3.0

2.4

6.0

8.6

10.3

10.8

8.5

8.7

2.4

0.4

5.4

10.8

0.4

1.2

3.8

9.9

6.5

(deg C)

1978

1.4

-0.8

3.0

0.5

6.4

8.4

9.0

9.9

9.4

7.4

0.2

-2.5

4.4

9.9

-2.5

0.3

3.3

9.1

5.7

1979

0.4

-0.1

1.5

3.9

3.4

8.3

10.1

10.1

8.4

7.8

4.4

2.2

5.0

10.1

-0.1

-0.7

2.9

9.5

6.9

1980

0.3

0.3

1.0

3.2

5.3

10.0

11.2

10.0

10.9

6.1

2.4

2.9

5.3

11.2

0.3

0.9

3.2

10.4

6.5

1981

-0.2

2.0

3.1

3.4

5.0

9.4

10.6

11.6

11.6

5.5

3.5

-0.3

5.4

11.6

-0.3

1.6

3.8

10.5

6.9

1982

0.0

3.8

3.6

3.1

4.4

9.7

11.0

11.0

8.2

8.5

4.5

1.4

5.8

11.0

0.0

1.2

3.7

10.6

7.1

1983

3.1

-1.0

1.9

2.9

6.9

8.5

10.4

11.0

7.2

6.0

2.0

1.0

5.0

11.0

-1.0

1.2

3.9

10.0

5.1

1984

0.8

2.5

3.0

4.9

5.3

9.5

10.5

12.0

9.9

8.1

5.1

4.3

6.3

12.0

0.8

1.4

4.4

10.7

7.7

1985

0.1

0.6

-1.0

2.8

7.0

8.7

12.1

10.4

9.2

8.4

1.5

-0.4

4.9

12.1

-1.0

1.7

2.9

10.4

6.4

1986

2.4

1.0

4.0

3.6

7.8

8.8

11.3

11.0

8.4

6.6

4.9

3.8

6.1

11.3

1.0

1.0

5.1

10.4

6.6

1987

-1.5

0.6

1.3

5.0

6.6

8.8

11.4

10.7

8.1

6.8

5.1

4.0

5.6

11.4

-1.5

1.0

4.3

10.3

6.7

1988

2.7

2.0

1.4

2.2

5.9

8.2

11.8

11.7

9.0

5.4

2.7

3.8

5.6

11.8

1.4

2.9

3.2

10.6

5.7

1989

5.7

2.1

3.1

4.5

7.2

8.3

11.1

11.8

8.7

7.8

4.3

2.4

6.4

11.8

2.1

3.9

4.9

10.4

6.9

1990

4.2

4.2

1.8

3.5

8.3

9.4

10.4

12.3

8.1

7.8

5.4

1.3

6.4

12.3

1.3

3.6

4.5

10.7

7.1

1991

4.4

2.5

4.3

4.8

6.1

8.4

12.1

13.5

9.5

6.7

3.0

1.8

6.4

13.5

1.8

2.7

5.1

11.3

6.4

1992

3.5

3.0

-2.1

5.0

5.9

11.5

12.2

12.0

10.5

5.8

5.7

3.1

6.3

12.2

-2.1

2.8

2.9

11.9

7.3

1993

1.8

0.3

3.5

5.3

6.8

8.8

10.3

10.5

10.1

4.4

3.7

3.2

5.7

10.5

0.3

1.7

5.2

9.9

6.1

1994

2.5

2.3

-0.3

5.0

6.4

9.2

10.6

12.0

8.4

5.9

5.9

3.8

6.0

12.0

-0.3

2.6

3.7

10.6

6.7

1995

0.7

-0.4

1.2

3.6

6.0

9.0

10.1

10.6

7.5

8.9

3.4

0.2

5.1

10.6

-0.4

1.4

3.6

9.9

6.6

1996

2.9

2.5

3.1

4.3

6.4

9.9

10.4

12.8

11.5

7.7

2.3

1.7

6.3

12.8

1.7

1.9

4.6

11.0

7.2

1997

3.5

3.3

2.0

3.3

4.7

9.3

10.8

13.3

9.5

5.0

5.5

4.7

6.2

13.3

2.0

3.5

3.3

11.1

6.7

1998

2.0

0.5

2.0

4.0

8.6

7.4

10.4

10.9

10.7

5.5

3.5

1.6

5.6

10.9

0.5

0.9

4.9

9.6

6.6

Mean

2.1

1.7

2.1

3.8

6.3

8.9

10.9

11.4

9.2

6.9

3.8

2.0

5.8

11.4

1.7

1.8

4.0

10.4

6.7

Highest

5.7

4.2

4.3

5.3

8.6

11.5

12.2

13.5

11.6

8.9

5.9

4.7

6.8

13.5

4.2

3.9

5.6

11.9

7.8

Period=

Year

1989

1990

1991

1993

1998

1992

1992

1991

1981

1995

1994

1997

1974

1974-98

Lowest

-1.5

-1.0

-2.1

0.5

3.4

5.6

9.0

9.9

7.2

4.4

0.2

-2.5

4.4

9.9

-2.5

-0.7

2.9

9.1

5.1

Year

1987

1983

1992

1978

1979

1975

1978

1978

1983

1993

1978

1978

1978

 

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