THURS 26th FEB

A WARM WELCOME TO PITLOCHRY WEATHER!

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I  took a trip on the train to Inverness yesterday;  something magic about it that you don't quite capture on the A9.    In both directions, the train chanced to stop at Dalwhinnie (several don't, as it really is a wee place).
There must have been 10 inches of snow lying there, though part of the platform had been cleared. At an altitude of 350ms, this is undoubtedly the highest station on a main line in Britain.
It is also well-known in the weather-world as being one of the coldest villages in Britain (Tomintoul is in a similar category, but to my knowledge does not have a weather station). Dalwhinnie does & it's in the grounds of the distillery. Sometimes it is shown in my newspaper as having been the coldest place in the U.K. the previous day.
Unfortunately, newspapers often show the coldest places as Cairngorm or Aonach More (Ben Nevis). This is really a waste of time as they are ski resorts, not permanent settlements & over 3000feet anyway---a case, as Basil Fawlty might say, of stating the bleeding obvious!

Temperature at obs. time today 0910	3.6
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)	6.8
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	-0.3
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	-1.1
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)	4.2mm
Barometer at observation time today	1000mb
Wind at observation time today	WNW4
This month’s highest temperature to date	10.8
This month’s lowest temperature to date	-6.2
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	18.5mm
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE	38.1mm

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in FEBRUARY

Avg. max. temperature	6.1	Long term avg. rainfall	77.1mm
Avg min. temperature	-0.4	Wettest month	248mm
Record high temperature	15.1	Driest month	13mm
Record low temperature	-12.6

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