Climate
As with the rest of the British Isles and Scotland, Fort Augustus experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. As with much of the surrounding area, sunshine levels are low, around 1000 hours per annum, and temperatures unpredictable - Fort Augustus holds the UK's lowest May temperature record of −9.4 °C (15.1 °F), also the latest point in run up to summer such a temperature has been recorded suggesting it can become a frost trap on calm clear nights due to its valley location. That same low lying topography can also give rise to some high temperatures on occasion - Fort Augustus held the UK daily high temperature record for December 16 for almost 80 years.
| Climate data for Fort Augustus 1971-2000, 21m asl, (Sunshine and Rainfall, 1951-1980) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
6.5 (43.7) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
11.71 (53.07) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) |
0.4 (32.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
2.4 (36.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
4.80 (40.64) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 112 (4.41) |
72 (2.83) |
83 (3.27) |
58 (2.28) |
72 (2.83) |
61 (2.4) |
65 (2.56) |
82 (3.23) |
103 (4.06) |
124 (4.88) |
126 (4.96) |
140 (5.51) |
1,098 (43.23) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 24.8 | 59.3 | 89.9 | 126.0 | 155.0 | 150.0 | 117.8 | 117.8 | 87.0 | 62.0 | 30.0 | 18.6 | 1,044 |
| Source #1: YR.NO | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: ScotClim | |||||||||||||
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