HibeeJibee Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 10 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: This has to be the worst/wettest summer there's ever been. The whole world is burning up and Scotland is drowning 10 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: I get that it feels that way but I'd be very surprised if it's in the top 100 (not sure what metric is used for worst or what time period). 8 hours ago, flyingscot said: Looking at the May-July stats (which are still provisional) it's the least sunny in years but not overly wet. 8 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: As an also outside worker, that backs up my gut feeling. It's not been overly rainy, but we haven't had any spells of sustained sunny, hot weather. Official: Parts of Scotland had a record-breaking wet summer - BBC News Official: Parts of Scotland had record-breaking wet summer Summer 2024 has been so wet it's a record breaker - even though some parts of the country have bucked the trend. It was the wettest ever summer in parts of the West Highlands, with other western areas recording a summer wet enough to make it into their top three. A weather station called Achnagart crowned the list. It's a remote farm of the same name in the beautiful Glen Shiel. It's no stranger to rain, either. On average this part of Scotland can see more than 3m (9.84ft) of rain a year, often making it one of the wettest parts of Europe. However, this summer has been its wettest on record - with 785.44mm (30.9in) of rain - and there are a few days of August still to come. This is 165% of the area's normal summer rainfall - the last dry day here was on 31 July. The rain hasn't been evenly spread either, with August seeing more than half of that rainfall. Its previous wettest summer was 2017, which at the time broke a record that had stood for 50 years. Remember, in meteorology, we categorise summer as the months of June, July and August rather than the astronomical dates, which are defined by the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun and run about three weeks later. Other standout spots include Kinlochewe, which has recorded its second wettest summer on record at 154% of its average. Stornoway, Aultbea and Tyndrum all recorded their third wettest summers with an anomaly around 140%. In many cases, it's been the month of August in particular that's really added to the numbers. Millport, Threave, Eskdalemuir, Auchincruive and Glasgow have all recorded more than double their average August rainfall so far. Millport, the tourist town on the Isle of Great Cumbrae, is on 240% of its average, with further heavy downpours expected in the last few days of the month. The washout summer hasn't been replicated everywhere, however. Eastern Scotland has been notably dry over the summer season. While Glasgow saw double, Edinburgh recorded just 70% of its average summer rainfall. Aboyne, Charterhall, Balmoral and Kinloss have all seen between 75 to 90% of their normal summer rains too. Leuchars in Fife looks to be one of the driest spots, with just 62% of its average recorded so far. However, it was even drier here just a couple of years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 (edited) 51 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: . On average this part of Scotland can see more than 3m (9.84ft) of rain a year, often making it one of the wettest parts of Europe. However, this summer has been its wettest on record - with 785.44mm (30.9in) of rain - Say what? That's just a pile of incomparible figures. Edited August 27 by Alert Mongoose 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 East Kilbride, definitely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 It's the end of winter here (Sydney) and the last three days we've had highs of 28° or 29°. This is not normal! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 7 minutes ago, Swarley said: It's the end of winter here (Sydney) and the last three days we've had highs of 28° or 29°. This is not normal! We got to 35C before humidity and a feels like of 45 on Tuesday and then got this big b*****d as soon as the sun went down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 8 hours ago, carpetmonster said: We got to 35C before humidity and a feels like of 45 on Tuesday and then got this big b*****d as soon as the sun went down Ah, the Windae City, so-called because it has more windaes in it's skyscrapers than any other city. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 54 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Ah, the Windae City, so-called because it has more windaes in its skyscrapers than any other city. The St Regis goes one further and just has a big hole for the wind to blow right thru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 10 minutes ago, carpetmonster said: The St Regis goes one further and just has a big hole for the wind to blow right thru Should be nicknamed The Trump Mouth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 10 hours ago, carpetmonster said: We got to 35C before humidity and a feels like of 45 on Tuesday and then got this big b*****d as soon as the sun went down It's like the ending of the Matrix trilogy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 (edited) Not so much "severe" weather but clucking bell the temp differentials were odd today. I left Edinburgh this am, it was cool (fair enough, the unusual east wind had chucked up haar that lasted til almost Hamilton) Did work in sons flat, and when we left Glasgow at 3pm, it was like Madrid ! Gorgeous sunny and 23c................then the haar started around Livingston on the M8 and it is 13c here. 54 miles door to door............ Edited September 6 by Leith Green 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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