Local Weather Diary 2020-
2025
Winter 24-25 here was fairly mild and dry, but not exceptionally so. The most notable feature of winter was the absence of snow: there were no days with snow cover (defined as covering at least 50% of the ground at 9 am) - the only time this has happened. Will we ever see a good snowfall again?
January 2025
January 2025 in Newtyle, Angus, Scotland, was cool but quite sunny and rather dry, in spite of a wet spell towards the end of the month: most of the month's rain fell over the "long weekend" of the 23-27th. There was a notable gale (Storm Eowyn) bringing the rain on the 24-25th. Although there wasn’t too much damage locally, this storm brought some of the highest wind speeds since Arwen in November 2021, and before that the storm of 5 December 2013.
The first 11 days were very cold, but then it became much milder as winds changed direction. The second half of the month was more unsettled with average temperatures.
Overall mean maximum temperature 5.1 (-0.7C)
Overall mean minimum temperature 0 (-0.7)
Overall mean temperature 2.5 (-0.8, =7th coldest in last 29 years)
Highest maximum temperature 11.7 on the 15th
Lowest maximum temperature: 0.2 on the 11th
Lowest minimum temperature: -6.7 on the 11th (lowest January temperate since 2018)
Rain total: 37.8 mm (50%, 6th driest)
Highest daily 9-9 GMT rainfall: 13.4 mm on the 26th
Fog mornings: 3
(Numbers in parentheses are deviations from the 29 year area mean; remember rounding errors can affect averaged deviations.)
1 snow day, 0 days snow lying, 16 air frost nights, 0 frost days, 22 ground frosts
0 thunder days, 1 gale
Sunshine 77.2 hours (120%, 9th sunniest in last 22 years)
That is now nine consecutive months with beneath average rainfall.
5 January. We have severe weather warnings for snow - and have none.
11 January The minimum of -6.7 is the lowest in January since 2019.
14 January The minimum of 8.9 is the highest January minimum since 2013.
24 January Storm Eowyn brings strong gusts of wind to the area bringing down some trees and fences.
February 2025
February 2025 in Newtyle was another dry month - we have now had 9 consecutive drier-than-average months. It was also dull with average temperatures overall: daytime maxima were slightly lower than usual, but were more than made up for by high nighttime minima. There weren’t many frosts and no severe frosts. The month overall was anticyclonic. It was fairly cool until the third week when it became much milder, although temperatures gradually dropped away again. What a contrast it was taking Beau out for his morning walk on the 20th.
Overall mean maximum temperature 6.9 (-0.2C)
Overall mean minimum temperature 1.7 (+0.6)
Overall mean temperature 4.3 (+0.2 12th mildest in last 29 years)
Highest maximum temperature 12.3 on the 21st
Lowest maximum temperature: 3.1 on the 10th
Lowest minimum temperature: -2.9 on the 7th (highest February minimum since 2017)
Rain total: 49.2 mm (78%, =14th driest)
Highest daily 9-9 GMT rainfall: 10.0 mm on the 10th
Fog mornings: 2
(Numbers in parentheses are deviations from the 29 year area mean; remember rounding errors can affect averaged deviations; some distributions such as rainfall are highly skewed)
2 snow day, 0 days snow lying, 10 air frost nights, 0 frost days, 14 ground frosts
0 thunder days, 0 gale
Sunshine 53.4 hours (64%, 3rd dullest in last 20 years)
March 2025
March 2025 in Newtyle, Angus, Scotland, was very dry, warm, especially in terms of daytime maxima, and quite sunny. That is now 10 consecutive months with beneath average rainfall. The rainfall total for this period is 454 mm (62%), the lowest such total since 2004.
Overall mean maximum temperature 11.4 (+2.1C)
Overall mean minimum temperature 2.8 (+0.7)
Overall mean temperature 7.1 (+1.4 6th warmest in last 29 years and warmest since 2012)
Highest maximum temperature 17.5 on the 31st
Lowest maximum temperature: 6.1 on the 17th
Lowest minimum temperature: -4.5 on the 19th
Rain total: 24.8 mm (46%, 2nd driest, after 2012)
Highest daily 9-9 GMT rainfall: 9.0 mm on the 22nd
Fog mornings: 3
0 snow day, 0 days snow lying, 10 air frost nights, 9 frost days, 14 ground frosts
0 thunder days, 0 gale
Sunshine 139.9 hours (114%, 8th sunniest in last 26 years)
17 March. The lowest maximum of the month, 6.1, the highest lowest maximum on record.
25 March. At 17.2C, the warmest dy of the year so far and the first day over 15C.
31 March. Even warmer at 17.5.
April 205
April 2025 in Newtyle, Angus, Scotland, was dry, warm, and sunny. April is usually the driest month of the year here, but this month’s rain total was very low, and now with 11 consecutive months with beneath average rainfall things are starting to look serious. Trees are coming in to full leaf, drawing even more water, and with late spring insolation the ground will dry very quickly after anything but the heaviest downpour. However there are little signs of heavy rain for at least the next two weeks or so. The maximum of 24.8 C on the 30th is easily the highest temperature I have recoded in April. Once again it was the maxima that were particularly high.
Overall mean maximum temperature 14.6 (+2.5C)
Overall mean minimum temperature 3.8 (+0.2)
Overall mean temperature 9.2 (+1.3 =4th warmest in last 29 years and warmest since 2011)
Highest maximum temperature 24.8 on the 30th
Lowest maximum temperature: 9.6 on the 16 & 17th (highest lowest May maximum on record)
Lowest minimum temperature: -2.6 on the 5th
Rain total: 18.8 mm (42%, 8th driest)
Highest daily 9-9 GMT rainfall: 4.0 mm on the 13th
Fog mornings: 3
(Numbers in parentheses are deviations from the 29 year area mean; remember rounding errors can affect averaged deviations; some distributions such as rainfall are highly skewed)
0 snow day, 0 days snow lying, 5 air frost nights, 0 frost days, 9 ground frosts
0 thunder days, 0 gale
Sunshine 189 hours (122%, 4th sunniest in last 23 years)
11 April. The winds change from the east to the west and temperatures sore to 21.9º, the highest temperature of the year so far. The humidity is also very low: 33%.
30 March - 12 April. Drought.
30 April. Today's maximum of 24.8 C is easily the highest temperature I have recoded in April