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Probably because the majority of our weather comes to us across the Atlantic. Since there is nothing in the path of Atlantic weather systems, the west coast of Ireland and the north-west of Scotland bear the brunt of any bad weather that heads our way.

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Basically the rain is different in different places

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North West Scotland

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