The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

4. ATMOSPHERE

Table 4.3 Mean daily sunshine, 1951-19961 hours Yearly Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Average Aberdeen 1951/80 averages 3.7 1.7 2.6 3.4 5.0 5.7 6.0 5.2 4.7 3.9 3.0 2.1 1.5 1993 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1994 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1995 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1996 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Dundee 1951/80 averages 3.7 1.8 2.6 3.3 5.0 5.6 5.8 5.2 4.7 3.9 3.0 2.2 1.5 1993 .. 1.5 2.1 3.9 3.5 4.7 5.3 6.2 5.2 4.2 4.0 1.8 .. 1994 .. .. 2.0 4.8 5.3 7.4 7.6 5.7 5.5 3.9 3.2 2.0 2.3 1995 .. 2.0 .. 4.8 .. .. 8.1 .. .. .. .. 1.9 .. 1996 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Edinburgh2 1951/80 averages 3.7 1.7 2.5 3.3 4.8 5.6 5.7 5.2 4.7 3.9 3.1 2.0 1.5 1993 3.4 1.4 1.8 3.8 3.5 4.0 4.6 5.7 5.1 4.1 3.6 1.9 1.5 1994 4.0 1.7 2.1 4.1 4.8 6.9 6.7 5.5 5.0 3.5 3.2 2.1 2.0 1995 4.6 2.1 3.4 4.5 5.4 6.2 7.6 6.4 7.7 4.3 3.7 2.1 1.4 1996 4.0 0.6 3.2 2.1 3.5 6.3 7.8 6.2 5.7 5.1 3.3 2.9 1.4 Glasgow 1951/80 averages 3.6 1.3 2.2 3.1 5.1 6.0 6.2 5.3 4.7 3.7 2.6 1.7 1.0 1993 3.3 1.2 1.5 3.2 3.5 4.8 4.2 4.5 5.6 4.2 3.5 1.9 1.1 1994 3.4 1.2 1.9 2.9 4.7 6.5 4.9 5.2 5.3 4.0 2.4 1.5 1.0 1995 4.6 2.0 2.5 3.6 5.4 6.3 9.3 6.5 8.2 4.1 2.8 2.2 1.9 1996 4.0 0.5 3.6 2.8 3.4 6.0 8.7 5.6 5.0 5.6 2.7 3.0 1.6 Auchincruive 1951/80 averages 3.8 1.6 2.7 3.4 5.3 6.3 6.3 5.3 4.9 3.8 2.8 1.9 1.3 1993 * 0.9 * 2.9 4.1 4.8 3.9 2.9 5.3 3.9 3.6 2.4 1.0 1994 3.3 1.2 2.3 2.2 4.2 6.2 3.9 5.4 4.9 3.7 2.5 1.5 1.0 1995 .. 1.6 2.2 3.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1996 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.6 2.4 2.7 1.9 Braemar 1951/80 averages 3.1 0.8 1.9 2.9 4.5 5.2 5.5 4.9 4.2 3.4 2.1 1.1 0.6 1993 3.0 1.0 1.2 3.5 3.6 4.7 4.3 4.8 3.9 4.0 2.3 1.1 1.0 1994 * 1.0 1.0 3.5 4.1 6.5 5.8 5.1 4.6 3.3 * 1.0 1.1 1995 .. 1.0 2.3 3.8 .. 5.5 8.2 .. 7.6 2.6 2.6 0.9 0.9 1996 .. 0.4 2.6 2.3 3.9 4.8 8.0 5.5 4.5 5.0 2.0 1.9 .. Dumfries 1951/80 averages 3.7 1.5 2.4 3.2 5.0 5.9 6.1 5.1 5.0 3.7 2.9 2.0 1.3 1993 2.8 1.3 1.2 3.0 3.6 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.4 2.8 3.0 2.0 1.0 1994 3.2 1.1 1.9 2.9 5.1 5.0 3.5 5.4 4.6 5.3 3.3 1.3 1.1 1995 4.2 1.4 2.5 3.2 5.6 5.7 8.0 6.3 8.0 3.6 2.4 1.9 1.5 1996 3.8 0.6 3.1 2.1 3.0 5.9 7.8 5.7 5.5 4.9 2.7 2.4 1.4 Inverness 1951/80 averages 3.3 1.2 2.6 3.4 4.6 5.2 5.3 4.6 4.2 3.7 2.7 1.6 1.0 1993 2.7 1.0 1.6 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.8 1.9 2.2 1.0 1994 3.5 1.0 3.2 2.9 4.1 7.5 5.4 5.0 4.2 4.1 2.5 1.3 1.4 1995 .. 1.1 2.6 3.7 3.4 5.4 6.0 6.1 7.3 2.8 3.5 .. .. 1996 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lerwick 1951/80 averages 2.9 0.8 1.9 2.7 4.5 4.9 5.3 4.0 3.8 3.2 2.1 1.1 0.5 1993 2.5 0.3 0.9 2.7 4.3 5.0 4.1 2.8 2.9 3.8 1.5 1.2 0.5 1994 3.4 0.5 1.9 3.3 5.0 8.1 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.1 2.5 1.0 0.4 1995 3.4 0.8 3.1 3.4 4.2 5.0 6.1 5.4 4.3 3.5 2.6 1.0 0.9 1996 2.7 0.4 1.5 1.8 3.8 6.5 3.9 3.0 2.4 4.2 1.8 1.9 1.3 Stornoway 1951/80 averages 3.4 1.2 2.5 3.7 5.2 6.0 5.9 4.2 4.4 3.6 2.5 1.5 0.8 1993 2.5 0.3 0.9 2.7 4.3 5.0 4.1 2.8 2.9 3.8 1.5 1.2 0.5 1994 3.6 1.0 3.0 3.2 4.4 9.5 4.5 4.7 3.5 4.1 2.5 1.5 1.0 1995 3.5 1.0 2.1 2.9 3.2 5.0 6.5 5.7 6.3 3.3 2.8 1.7 1.8 1996 3.3 1.2 2.0 3.0 3.5 7.6 4.7 3.5 3.0 5.0 2.4 1.9 1.4 Wick 1951/80 averages 3.4 1.3 2.6 3.4 5.0 5.2 5.4 4.4 4.3 3.7 2.8 1.6 1.0 1993 .. 1.1 1.4 3.7 3.3 3.7 .. .. 3.6 4.3 1.6 2.2 .. 1994 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1995 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1996 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Source: The Met. Office 1 See introductory notes, paragraph 4.1 for site descriptions. 2 As of 1992 data recorded at the Royal Botanic Gardens is used. * An extreme occured on more than one day in the month. .. Information not available.