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 much better day!! It is expected to be dry, with sunshine at times, with patches of fair weather cloud. Though still fresh, winds will be lighter than yesterday (there were gale-force gusts during the evening). Temperatures will be higher by at least 5 degrees, reaching a maximum close to 15. OVERNIGHT should be dry, with broken cloud & perhaps just a touch of ground frost locally..

Temperature at obs. time today    0815hrs	9.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)	9.4
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	4.0
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	3.8
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)	0.6mms
Barometer at observation time today	1016mbs
Wind at observation time today	N4
This month’s highest temperature to date	22.5 (20th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date	0.2 (13th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	29.2 (3rd)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE	55.5mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in MAY

Avg. max. temperature	14.8	Long term avg. rainfall	61.5mms
Avg min. temperature	5.2	Wettest month	149 (1975)
Record high temperature	26.1 (2012)	Driest month	16 (1994)
Record low temperature	-3.7 (1995)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

THE WEEKEND IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY, WITH SPELLS OF SUNSHINE. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT TO MODERATE W to SW. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH AROUND 16 or 17.  BECOMING CHANGEABLE IN THE NEW WEEK.