Rate the climate - Braemar, UK (record, places, sunshine, highs)

[ben86]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Yup they do I read somewhere Braemar or Altnaharra (Highlands) would have reached -30C if it weren't for cloud cover coming in at some point during the night.

The lowest maximum temperature in the UK is -16c by the way, -11 for England

I'm wondering if the Braemar/Altnaharra weather site is located at optimum location to get the coldest temperatures, seeming as that's the only thing Altnaharra in particular is known for?

[dunno what to put here]

I know the Braemar site was moved in 2005 so not sure if that's changed anything.. or if they moved it for 'better' results. They're both located in pretty deep frost hollows though.

[deneb78]

D-/E pretty horrible overall..

[Joe90]

D too cold in all months. It would be a good place to visit during cold weather.

[Bottletree]

F- nothing good about it. Sunshine hours is horrendous winter too cool. About on par with where I am now.

[nei]

By my standards, the winter is cold but fairly mild compared to what I'm used to. Painfully long and brutally cloudy, though.

Any clue what the snowfall might be? Given its precipitation and winter temps, I imagine it could be quite high...

D. Better than Juneau but not much.

[Derek40]

Nearly all D's, same here, not much to like for anyone here - cold lovers, heat lovers and mesotherms alike.

[wilstar]

F. cold and cloudy hole. Hope it has a bigger than normal distribution of bottle shops and fast food outlets to numb the pain.

[CairoCanadian]

It's like the UK, only everything is worse! Yeah, that'll be a D from me...

[Trimac20]

Jan min of only 1.0C, surprising.