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August 2026 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind Direction
SoilTemp @ 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs , Moorfoot Hills snowline(ft)
@ 0900 GMT
1Maximum Temp (°C)
2Minimum Temp (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min Temp
(°C)
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind Speed (mph)
1
1016.3
13.9
81
6
SW
16.5
17.2
10.3
0.2
7.3
6.21
1102
2.39
20
 Sunny intervals 1st, shower mid afternoon. Clear skies am 2nd
1
2
1018.8
15.7
70
4
SW
17.0
20.2
10.6
1.9
7.7
8.97
935
3.17
15
 Sunny intervals 2nd, rain am 3rd
3
1016.1
14.4
93
2
ENE
17.0
19.8
11.8
10.5
9.2
0.70
814
1.57
17
 Showers late am 3rd then mainly overcast pm
3
4
1005.9
15.6
95
3
ENE
16.5
22.7
13.2
tr
12.7
3.05
907
1.70
22
 Rain am 4th, heavy at times
4
5
1003.2
15.8
82
8
W
17.0
18.1
13.9
1.3
11.9
4.87
1174
2.62
30
 Sunny intervals 4th, thunder heard to SW @ 2140 h. Variable cloud amount overnight 4th/5th
5
6
1018.7
11.8
89
3
WSW
16.5
17.4
10.7
0.0
10.0
0.38
846
1.83
19
 Sunny intervals 5th, light rain overnight 5th/6th
6
7
1019.1
15.6
77
9
SW
17.0
18.9
11.8
0.0
9.9
7.37
972
3.15
24
 Overcast 6th, cloud breaking am 7th
7
8
1016.1
17.6
74
7
SW
17.0
22.2
13.2
0.4
10.4
5.79
1099
3.61
24
 Sunny intervals 7th, variable cloud amouny 7th/8th
8
9
1009.4
13.8
84
10
WSW
17.5
16.7
13.7
1.5
12.9
2.90
617
1.73
26
 Sunny intervals 8th, occ light rain am 9th
9
10
1019.4
14.9
76
4
NW
17.0
20.8
10.2
0.0
7.4
10.48
944
3.55
16
 Light rain pm 9th. Variable cloud am 10th
10
11
1023.8
16.1
75
2
ENE
17.5
21.8
10.2
tr (w)
5.2
8.40
918
3.30
14
 Sunny periods 10th. Variable cloud am 11th
11
12
1020.7
20.9
66
6
S
17.5
27.5
16.1
0.0
13.5
7.51
1129
4.01
23
Sunny intervals 11th, variable cloud overnight 11th/12th. Warmer
12
13
1019.0
23.5
67
2
WSW
18.0
25.5
15.8
3.3
11.2
6.08
703
2.24
14
 Sunny intervals 12th, solar eclipse evening, Variable cloud am 13th
13
14
1015.8
18.9
90
5
W
17.5
20.0
17.1
0.0
12.1
6.59
972
3.12
20
 Sunny intervals 13th, heavy shower1340h. Heavy shower 0620h 14th
14
15
1018.8
15.1
75
4
W
17.0
19.2
11.9
0.8
9.8
5.11
972
2..21
16
 Sunny intervals 14th, variable cloud am 15th
15
16
1017.6
12.6
92
3
W
17.0
17.7
11.4
0.0
9.2
0.59
802
1.57
13
 Sunny intervals 15th, rain am 16th
16
17
1016.3
14.7
88
2
ENE
16.5
17.6
9.9
7.3
5.0
0.74
547
1.47
13
 Mainly overcast 16th and early am 17th
17
18
1006.0
15.7
85
7
SW
16.5
17.8
14.1
tr
12.8
3.84
789
2.11
25
 Mainly overcast 17th, rain, heavy at times pm. Broken cloud am 18th
18
19
1001.1
14.1
87
2
W
16.0
16.2
12.2
3.4
10.6
0.09
503
1.24
18
 Sunny intervals 18th, mainly overcast overnight 18th/19th
19
20
1007.2
12.4
77
4
N
16.0
14.8
10.4
4.1
9.8
6.08
865
1.32
14
 Showers pm 19th, mainly overcast am 20th
20
21
1015.6
12.8
79
3
NW
16.0
17.8
10.0
tr
5.7
4.64
1035
1.75
10
 Showers pm 20th, heavy midday. Broken cloud am 21st
21
22
1023.6
11.8
72
1
WNW
15.5
8.4
4.9
Sunny intervals 21st, clear spells overnight 21st/22nd
22
23
 
23
24
 
24
25
 
25
26
 
26
27
 
27
28
 
28
29
 
29
30
 
30
31
 
31
Total/Mean
19.5
12.1
34.7
4.9
100.29
1174
 49.63
26
  
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temp
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temp
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
W/m2
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

August 2026 so far, to 0900 GMT, 22 August, 2026

Overall mean temperature 15.8C (+1.2 degC) Trend ↓

Precipitation 34.7 mm (47.1%), Sunshine 100.29 hours (64.7%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    
22 August, 2026 10:55 AM
Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*–2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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