A WARM WELCOME TO PITLOCHRY WEATHER!

THE ONLY ONLINE WEATHER SERVICE WHERE THE OBSERVER LIVES & RECORDS IN PITLOCHRY, USING PREVIOUS MET OFFICE CLIMATE STATION EXPERIENCE. FORECASTING IS BASED ON MET OFFICE & BBC MATERIAL, WHICH IS THEN TAILORED FOR THE PITLOCHRY AREA, USING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY

A dry day, with cloud fairly high & well-broken at times, allowing some intervals of sunshine. Still on the cold side with best temperatures about 4, which is about 3 degrees below normal. Winds mainly light from the NW.  TONIGHT---broken cloud & clear spells with a frost developing.

Temperature at obs. time today                              0900	1.2
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)	4.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	-1.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	-4.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)	trace
Barometer at observation time today	1030mbs
Wind at observation time today	NW2
This month’s highest temperature to date	9.0 (15th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date	-5.8 (19th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	18.5 (4th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE	64.4mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in FEBRUARY

Avg. max. temperature	6.1	Long term avg. rainfall	77mms
Avg min. temperature	-0.4	Wettest month	248 (1990)
Record high temperature	15.1 (2012)	Driest month	6.8 (1965)
Record low temperature	-12.6 (2010)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

MONDAY---Frost at first, then a dry bright day, with broken cloud & some sunny spells.Highest temperatures close to 5 degrees. Cloud breaks overnight should allow another frost to form.


TUESDAY---Variable amounts of cloud, with some sunny breaks & dry throughout. Frost early & late.