Second warmest winter on record at Invergowrie

The winter months, December to February 2024, were the second warmest winter on our records at Invergowrie, with a daily mean air temperature of 5.3°C.

This beats only 1998, which saw a daily air mean of 5.8°C, according to our records, which date back to 1954. It was also a relatively wet winter, with 251 mm of rainfall recorded, making it the tenth wettest winter on our records.

The winter total sun hours for December through to February were 209.5 hours, which was the tenth sunniest winter since our records began.

February focus

February was the second warmest February on our records, with a daily air mean of 6.2°C, 1.9°C above the long-term average, and peaking at 13.8°C on February 2, with a low of -2.5°C on February 8 (the warmest February was in 1998 with a daily air mean of 8.2°C).

February saw slightly below average rainfall, at 40.2 mm (9.8 mm of it alone fell on February 9), compared with the long-term average of 53 mm. It was the eighth sunniest February on our records.

The month was the eighth sunniest year on record, with 111.3 hours of sunshine – 135.1% above the long-term average.

Additional Winter data Dec 2023-Jan 2024

December 2023

December 2023 was the second wettest December we have ever recorded (the wettest December was in 1977 where 215.6 mm of rain fell).

Despite 2023 being the seventeenth dullest December (held jointly with 1995 and 1982), it was also the eighth warmest December on our records.