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

Sea

1974

Temperature

1975

(deg C)

1976

1977

1978

1979

6.0

5.2

6.3

7.1

7.4

9.1

9.9

11.0

10.8

10.3

8.9

7.8

8.3

11.0

5.2

6.9

10.0

10.0

1980

6.9

6.1

6.4

7.5

9.0

12.2

11.4

11.4

11.5

10.4

8.8

7.3

9.1

12.2

6.1

6.9

7.6

11.7

10.2

1981

6.2

5.7

6.7

7.5

8.5

9.8

11.3

11.9

12.2

10.4

8.4

5.9

8.7

12.2

5.7

6.4

7.6

11.0

10.3

1982

6.1

6.4

6.6

7.8

8.7

10.2

11.3

12.9

11.6

10.6

8.9

7.9

9.1

12.9

6.1

6.1

7.7

11.5

10.4

1983

6.7

6.1

6.8

7.5

8.8

10.2

12.3

12.2

11.5

10.7

9.1

8.1

9.2

12.3

6.1

6.9

7.7

11.6

10.4

1984

6.5

6.0

6.7

6.9

8.8

10.3

11.2

12.7

11.8

10.9

9.1

8.2

9.1

12.7

6.0

6.9

7.5

11.4

10.6

1985

7.0

6.7

6.7

7.4

8.6

10.4

11.0

11.7

11.5

11.1

8.3

7.6

9.0

11.7

6.7

7.3

7.6

11.0

10.3

1986

6.3

5.7

6.6

7.6

8.3

10.3

11.1

11.7

11.5

10.7

9.3

7.9

8.9

11.7

5.7

6.5

7.5

11.0

10.5

1987

6.9

6.3

6.1

6.9

8.5

10.7

10.4

11.1

11.4

10.8

10.2

9.1

9.0

11.4

6.1

7.0

7.2

10.7

10.8

1988

8.0

7.2

6.7

7.2

8.4

9.8

11.0

11.6

11.9

11.1

9.5

8.8

9.3

11.9

6.7

8.1

7.4

10.8

10.8

1989

8.1

7.9

8.1

8.4

9.2

9.8

11.5

12.1

12.1

11.5

10.1

9.1

9.8

12.1

7.9

8.3

8.6

11.1

11.2

1990

8.6

7.8

8.1

8.3

9.2

10.1

11.1

12.4

11.9

11.0

9.9

8.1

9.7

12.4

7.8

8.5

8.5

11.2

10.9

1991

7.4

6.8

7.3

7.6

8.8

10.9

11.9

12.1

12.0

11.1

9.9

9.1

9.6

12.1

6.8

7.4

7.9

11.6

11.0

1992

8.1

7.8

7.5

7.4

9.6

10.2

11.2

11.9

12.0

10.8

9.1

7.8

9.4

12.0

7.4

8.3

8.1

11.1

10.6

1993

6.7

7.0

7.0

7.1

8.5

9.6

10.6

11.1

10.9

9.9

8.9

7.5

8.7

11.1

6.7

7.2

7.5

10.4

9.9

1994

6.8

5.6

6.1

7.0

9.0

10.0

10.9

12.0

11.6

10.6

9.7

8.3

9.0

12.0

5.6

6.8

7.4

11.0

10.6

1995

7.3

6.6

6.3

6.8

7.8

9.8

11.1

12.0

12.1

11.3

10.0

8.7

9.2

12.1

6.3

7.4

7.0

10.9

11.2

1996

7.7

6.6

6.5

7.0

8.6

10.1

10.8

11.8

12.5

11.4

9.1

8.3

9.2

12.5

6.5

7.6

7.4

10.9

11.0

1997

7.5

6.8

7.6

7.8

8.6

10.6

12.3

13.5

12.7

11.5

10.9

9.6

9.9

13.5

6.8

7.5

8.0

12.1

11.7

1998

9.0

8.2

8.3

8.2

9.3

10.3

11.4

12.4

12.3

11.1

9.8

9.1

9.9

12.4

8.2

8.6

8.6

11.3

11.1

Mean

7.2

6.6

6.9

7.5

8.7

10.2

11.2

12.0

11.8

10.9

9.4

8.2

9.2

12.0

6.6

7.4

7.7

11.1

10.7

Highest

9.0

8.2

8.3

8.4

9.6

12.2

12.3

13.5

12.7

11.5

10.9

9.6

9.9

13.5

8.2

8.6

8.6

12.1

11.7

Period=

Year

1998

1998

1998

1989

1992

1980

1983

1997

1997

1997

1997

1997

1997

1974-98

Lowest

6.0

5.2

6.1

6.8

7.4

9.1

9.9

11.0

10.8

9.9

8.3

5.9

8.3

11.0

5.2

6.1

6.9

10.0

9.9

Year

1979

1979

1987

1995

1979

1979

1979

1979

1979

1993

1985

1981

1979

 

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