Scotland's climate is temperate and ocean, and tends to be highly variable.
It is tempered by the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic Ocean, and thus has much more mild winters (although summers warmer and humid) than other areas of similar latitude as Oslo and Moscow.
However, temperatures are generally lower than in the rest of the UK: températura historical lowest in the country are -27.2 ° C (-16.96 ° F) recorded at Braemar, in the Montes Grampianos , February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982, as well as in Altnaharra, in the Highlands, on December 30, 1995. "[26] The maximum in winter around 6 ° C (42.8 ° F) in the lowlands, and the peak summer averaged 18 ° C (64.4 ° F).
Generally, the west of Scotland is generally warmer than the east, due to the influence of ocean currents, and at lower temperatures of the North Sea. Tiree, in the Hebrides Interiors, is one of the sunniest places of planet - had 300 days of sunshine in 1975.
Rainfall varies enormously across Scotland.
The west of the Highlands is the most rainy, with over 3,000 mm annually.However, much of Scotland receives less than 800 mm. The snowfall is not common in the Lowlands, but in areas with the highest altitude. Braemar experienced an average of 59 days of snow per year, whereas the areas of the coast have an average of less than 10 days.
Scotland's climate
