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in Scotland. The western side of the country saw only around 70% of the month's average, but northern Scotland has seen just above average sunshine. Stornoway and Tiree have been the sunniest places in the UK this month, both stations recording over 200 hours of sunshine during the month. The first half
Digitised Date (2008) temperature minimum temperature records back to (° C) (° C) Coningsby (Lincolnshire)29 October -4.2 -3.8 on 29 October 19971978 Lyneham (Wiltshire) 29 October -3.6 -2.8 on 29 October 19971957 Tiree (Outer Hebrides) 29 October -0.3 -0.3 on 13 October 19711931 As well as station
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windy period for the rest of the UK. “Within the Amber warning areas, damaging gusts of around 100 mph are possible for a time on Friday evening for parts of western Scotland, especially Skye, Tiree, Barra and western Lochaber. This could lead to significant disruption, and brings the risk of power
on record - previously 28 January 2002 67 knots Fair Isle 57 808 November 2007 81 knots Tiree 9 796 November 1996 83 knots Inverbervie, Kincardineshire 134 78Highest gust on record - previously 9 January 2008 76 knots Kirkwall, Orkney 26 7629 January 2000 97 knots Dunstaffnage, Argyll 3 7621 January 1993
: 600-mile rainstorm? Hotter than Ibiza? Met Office weather headline review Sunshine records Despite the variability, the August Bank Holiday has also delivered some exceptionally sunny days. The sunniest day on record for the UK was 13.9 hours at Tiree (Argyll) on 25 August 2014. England’s sunniest
-3.32335 SCO 1941 03072 CAIRNWELL 928 56.87898 -3.42096 SCO 1993 03075 WICK AIRPORT 36 58.4537 -3.08996 SCO 1873 03080 ABOYNE NO2 140 57.07576 -2.841 SCO 1989 03088 INVERBERVIE NO2 134 56.85189 -2.26594 SCO 1987 03091 DYCE 65 57.20486 -2.20531 SCO 1942 03100 TIREE 9 56.49982 -6.88057 SCO 1926 03105
coastlines with beach material thrown up, and over 200 homes in north-east Scotland experienced loss of power. The highest gusts were 82mph at Aberdaron, Gwynedd, 81mph at Killowen, County Down, 78mph at Tiree, Argyll and 76mph at Inverbervie (Kincardineshire). Wind gusts of over 100mph were recorded
than ten years of history recorded their own respective highest January gust. While the depth of the low pressure isn’t the only indicator of storm strength, the lowest pressure recorded for Storm Éowyn was 941.9hPa on the Isle of Tiree, which was the lowest value since storm naming was introduced
had performed a similar feat some 21 months previously. The Tay Bridge out of Dundee was reported closed with a gust of almost 98mph recorded on the bridge wind sensors, although the maximum official gust during Amy of 83Kt (96mph) was recorded on the island of Tiree late on the 3rd. The island's
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