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The weather in Scotland changes a lot. Often you could wake up to cold, mist and icy conditions and only a few hours later the sun could be high in the sky then another few hours later it could be raining. However changeable the weather is we hardly ever get extreme weather.

During the winter months it is a lot colder and it is not unlikely for the temperature to drop to around -2 Celsius frequently (In the central belt). The winter maximum is around 5 Celsius with the summer maximum being around 20 - 25 Celsius. So it is cold but not extreme and often it can be quite nice and yes it does rain a lot.

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Scotland's climate is temperate, much milder than many locations at that latitude. The Gulf Stream, a warm water current, flows up the west side of the Atlantic, then across the northern reaches toward the British Isles. These mild waters keep Scotland itself mild.

Precipitation-wise, you really have two regimes: There are highlands on the west side of the islands. Mild, moist Atlantic air frequently pushes into, and then up and over, these highlands. The lifting air cools and condenses, wringing out a lot of rain and snow - well over 100 inches in spots that get precipitation more days than not. East of there, air from the west pushes on beyond the top of the highlands, but this has already had rain wrung out of it, so it doesn't bring the rainfall to these areas like it does to the slopes on the west side of the area (this is a "rain shadow"). Storms do come from other directions, though, and these areas get about as much or maybe a little less than the eastern coastline of the United States - maybe 35, 40 inches in most spots, but in some areas the rain shadow is more pronounced, and they receive probably 2/3 of the precipitation other areas east of the highlands get.


Snowfall totals are highly elevation-dependent. Lowlands don't get much at all. Get up to the higher elevations, and 3 to 6 feet are not uncommon.

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Weather Averages Glasgow, Scotland Monthly averages °F | °C

January Avg Low: Avg High: Avg precip: 8.68 cm

February Avg Low: Avg High: Avg precip: 7.9 cm

March Avg Low: Avg High: Avg precip: 7.45 cm

April Avg Low: Avg High: 12° Avg precip: 4.66 cm

May Avg Low: Avg High: 15° Avg precip: 3.36 cm

June Avg Low: Avg High: 17° Avg precip: 3.87 cm

July Avg Low: 11° Avg High: 19° Avg precip: 4.95 cm

August Avg Low: 11° Avg High: 19° Avg precip: 5.25 cm

September Avg Low: Avg High: 16° Avg precip: 5.67 cm

October Avg Low: Avg High: 12° Avg precip: 8.48 cm

November Avg Low: Avg High: Avg precip: 6.65 cm

December Avg Low: Avg High: Avg precip: 7.49 cm

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The climate of Scotland is somewhat cold and rainy depending on the season. Summers can be very nice, but winters are blustery and cold.

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In one word... Changeable (just like the rest of the United Kingdom).

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Scotland, like the rest of the UK, has a temperate climate.

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normally raining are cloudy some times its warm. its normally about 15 to 19 degrees Celsius in summer and normally under 10 degrees Celsius in winter.

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wet and rainy.

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