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SUNSHINE GUIDE TO EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
SEASONS: Edinburgh has a four-season year, based on temperature and the
vegetative cycle. Spring (mid-April through early June) is the season of
lengthening days and diminishing frosts. It finds the trees leafing out, and
the new annuals sprouting from the ground. Summer (early June through mid-
September) is frost-free, with the vegetation in full foliage. Autumn (mid-
September through mid-November) is brief, and brings shortening days and
increasing frosts. Deciduous trees drop their leaves, and the annuals wither
away. Winter (mid-November through mid-April) comes with short dark days,
freezing temperatures, and snow. Trees stand with bare branches and
vegetative growth is dormant until spring.
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
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HOURS OF DAYLIGHT 7:42 9:33 11:48 14:09 16:17 17:30 16:58 15:06 12:50 10:30 8:22 7:07
HOURS OF SUNSHINE 1:39 2:45 3:38 4:43 5:42 6:12 5:19 4:44 4:06 3:09 1:58 1:24
AREA OF BLUE SKY 17% 18% 25% 26% 23% 27% 23% 20% 27% 21% 18% 17%
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LOW FOR MONTH 24° 25° 28° 31° 35° 42° 46° 45° 40° 34° 31° 27°
SUNRISE TEMPERATURE 34° 34° 36° 39° 43° 49° 52° 52° 49° 44° 39° 36°
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE 42° 43° 46° 51° 56° 62° 65° 64° 60° 54° 48° 44°
HIGH FOR MONTH 52° 53° 57° 62° 69° 74° 75° 73° 69° 63° 56° 53°
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FROSTY MORNINGS 45% 42% 34% 16% 3% 0% 0% 0% 0% 7% 26% 36%
AFTERNOONS OVER 90° 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 80% 75% 68% 65% 65% 64% 65% 66% 69% 74% 79% 83%
SEA TEMPERATURES 44° 43° 43° 44° 47° 51° 54° 55° 54° 52° 49° 48°
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REASONABLY DRY DAYS 79% 79% 82% 79% 77% 75% 73% 74% 73% 71% 72% 76%
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 2.0" 1.8" 1.5" 1.5" 1.9" 2.2" 2.9" 2.8" 2.4" 2.5" 2.4" 2.2"
SNOWY DAYS 19% 20% 16% 7% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 5% 11%
THUNDER DAYS 1% 1% 1% 1% 5% 4% 2% 3% 2% 1% 1% 0%
FOGGY DAYS 23% 27% 17% 27% 33% 29% 28% 34% 22% 32% 28% 28%
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NICE DAY INDEX 54% 57% 60% 65% 67% 68% 66% 67% 65% 62% 55% 53%
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Copyright 1995 by Patrick J. Tyson, Box 492787, Redding CA 96049. All rights reserved.
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SUNSHINE GUIDE TO EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
SUNNIEST MONTHS: May and June. This is when you can expect to get the
sunniest weather of the year. Scotland is not known as a sunny land, and only
31% of the year's daylight hours will be sunny. This will range from a high
of 35% in glorious May and June, to a low of 20% in gloomy December.
The long summer days are made even longer by abundant morning and
evening twilight. You can count on an extra hour of twilight before sunrise,
and an identical amount after sunset. This makes for short nights.
WARMEST MONTHS: July and August. During these months, afternoon temperatures
range from downright crisp to warm (not hot), with the average being mild.
Nights are generally cool and damp. The hottest temperature of the year will
be around 78°, and will probably occur in late June or July.
Hardly ever will the nights be hot enough to require any sort of room-
cooling. In fact, many visitors will welcome a morning fire in the grate
before they toss back the quilts and step onto the cold floor.
COOLEST MONTHS: Late December through February. At this time of year, you
can expect frosty mornings on almost half of the days. The afternoons are
usually significantly warmer, however, with afternoon temperatures remaining
below freezing only three or fours days each winter--usually during an
outbreak of Arctic air. The coldest temperature of the year will be around
22°, and will probably occur in January.
Snowfalls are common enough during the winter months, but not as common
as rain (including freezing rain). Consequently, the snow that does fall
rarely stays on the ground for long--especially in the city center. Winter
days in Edinburgh are short, dark, wet, windy, and generally miserable.
DRIEST MONTHS: March through May. Some 47% of the year's days will get no
measurable precipitation; that is, they will get less than a hundredth of an
inch. May will have 54% such dry days, whereas November and December will get
only 42%. A "dry day" in the table, however, is one with less than a tenth of
an inch--a more useful measure. It takes at least that much to wet the ground
under the trees.
Much of the rain that falls is light, sometimes only a drizzle. It can
persist for days, however, and although the totals are not impressive, it does
keep things wet. The Scots simply put on their woolens and go about their
business. Visitors are encouraged to do the same.
THINGS TO KNOW: Wool is the ideal material for Scottish weather. Good wool
has the advantage of beading water on the outside while staying dry on the
inside. When wet, it dries from the inside (skin side) out when subjected to
body heat. Wet or dry, it maintains its loft and insulating abilities.
Cotton, in contrast, dries from the outside in--leaving the layer next to the
skin clammy the whole time. It collapses when wet, and retains little
insulating ability. Canny visitors will wear wool outer garments.
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Copyright 1995 by Patrick J. Tyson, Box 492787, Redding CA 96049. All rights reserved.
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