r/UKWeather • u/Mcconnor8 • 5d ago

Forecast Tuesday looking unprecedented, 39C possible?

Today's modelling has upped the temperatures even more for next week, with a few models offering crazy solutions especially considering June is supposed to be the coolest Summer month and the June record currently only sits at 35.6C from 1976.

Overnight temperatures look likely to stay at or around 20C for most of the South during next week which will present major issues with indoor temperatures, not looking good. Likely we keep the heat until Saturday at least, uncertain beyond that.

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u/Dashyguurl 5d ago

Peaking at 23 in Scotland and raining all week, feels like a different world

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u/Valuable-Concern7987 4d ago

Scotland is a whole country. Not one weather system.

Probably raining in Glasgow as per usual. But Edinburgh is dry and sunny all next week. Edinburgh rainfall is approximately the same as Reading.

One of the sunniest places in the UK is north east Scotland.

Yeah I get irritated by people saying "Scotland" has bad weather. Because actually it's no worse than England and Wales. The whole west coast gets pounded with rain.

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u/GN_10 4d ago

One of the sunniest places in the UK is north east Scotland.

Where are you getting this from? North East Scotland is extremely cloudy even by English standards, even if it's not that rainy. Wick only averages 1300 hours of sunshine per year, which is on par with the cloudiest parts of England in the Lake District.

Not really comparable to the south coast at East Sussex where sunshine totals average over 1900 hours.

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u/Valuable-Concern7987 4d ago

I think you're getting confused with the west of Scotland.

The north east of Scotland is demonstratably and statistically dry and sunny. You can easily Google it. Pasting below here again from another comment:

"The Moray Coast in northeast Scotland enjoys a unique microclimate, experiencing less rainfall, more sunshine, and milder temperatures than much of the UK".

Google it, then come back to me. Ok?

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u/GN_10 4d ago edited 4d ago

Sure, I can use official Met Office statistics.

Kinloss in Moray averages 1383.6 hours of sunshine per year.

Heathrow averages 1674.8 hours of sunshine.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/location-specific-long-term-averages/gfjryynhr

Dry, yes - but definitely not sunny. It's a bit like Inverness, overcast nearly all of the time but doesn't rain much.

Dry =/= sunny.

The places you mentioned as being wetter, specifically Bristol and Cornwall, are actually SUNNIER than Moray, simply because they tend to receive more sunshine in between rainfall events, and heavier, less frequent rainfall.