Average annual temperature is 8.6 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 25.6 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -7.9 °C
Number of sunny days: 79 days
Number of rainy days: 279 days
Number of snow days: 7 days
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* Weather data for Caithness-shire United Kingdom is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 12.6 | 12.0 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 17.9 | 25.6 | 22.6 | 21.4 | 25.3 | 16.2 | 11.9 | 13.5 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 6.0 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 18.8 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 11.0 | 7.4 | 5.7 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 14.9 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 8.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -6.3 | -2.8 | -7.9 | -1.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 0.7 | -2.5 | -5.7 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 8.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 7.2 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 14.4 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 6.5 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 6.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 115 | 71 | 77 | 63 | 58 | 87 | 145 | 162 | 100 | 125 | 69 | 174 |
| Sunny days | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Rainy days | 27 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 24 |
| Snow days | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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