Diary of Highlights

1st to 4th
The 1st to the 4th saw a mixture of sunny intervals and showers, occasionally heavy and thundery. Low cloud and murky conditions plagued the east coast and Northern Isles at times. The maxima ranged from 20 °C in the sunshine to 13 °C in the murk.

5th to 8th
The 5th was bright with showers in the north but thickening cloud brought rain up from the south which cleared to brighter conditions with showers on the 6th. Some of the showers were heavy across the southeast. Rain spread southwards across Shetland during the afternoon which continued southwards on 7th but to the south of a line Aberdeen to Skye it was a case of sunny spells and showers with the odd rumble of thunder across the southeast. The rain in the north slowly cleared westwards during the 8th becoming confined to Lewis by the end of the day. Elsewhere saw sunny spells and isolated showers, locally heavy in the southwest during the evening.

9th to 11th
Much of the 9th was bright or sunny with the temperature ranging from 14 °C in Tiree to 21 °C at Fyvie Castle. On the 10th and 11th, north-westerly breezes brought cool, cloudy and at times drizzly weather to windward coasts and hills. Bright or sunny spells developed to the lee of high ground, with Leuchars reaching 21 °C on the 11th.

12th to 14th
After a bright start in the east on the 12th, showery rain moved northeast, with Leuchars recorded a temperature of 21 °C. The north was bright with scattered showers on the 13th, but rain spread northwards through the afternoon and in the southwest, 20 to 30 mm had fallen by midnight. Heavy rain continued northwards and eased through the early hours of the 14th, while clearing from southern parts and eventually clearing the north of the mainland around mid-morning but rain persisted across Shetland throughout. Scattered showers followed.

15th to 16th
Early mist and fog patches soon cleared as did overnight rain in Shetland on the 15th to leave sunny spells, although showers developed mainly across the south and west during the afternoon. Rain reached the Borders during the evening which continued northwards through the 16th reaching Shetland during the afternoon, by which time it brightened up from the south. Showers developed in the sunshine, some thundery. The temperature ranged from 21 °C in the Borders to 13 °C in Rosehearty and Fair Isle.

17th to 20th
The 17th was a day of sunshine and scattered thundery showers, these intense enough to cause localised flooding. The heaviest showers missed the gauges, but Lerwick recorded nearly 22 mm due to steady rain through the afternoon and evening. On the 18th thunderstorms affected the south, with localised flooding again. Saughall in East Ayrshire recording 35 mm, 23 mm of which fell in 1 hour.

The north was cooler and cloudier with some drizzle. Sunshine and scattered thundery showers over the southwest on the 19th. Elsewhere, rather cloudy with drizzly showers down the east coast, although sunshine across the northwest and the Isles did edge southwards. Mainly dry on the 20th, although some rain spread into the far south during the evening.

21st to 24th
Dry with sunny spells in the Northwest Highlands at first on the 21st before rain, locally heavy, spread up from the southeast. This rain, heaviest in the east, (Charterhall reported 34 mm overnight), continued northwards and became persistent across Shetland for much of the 23rd. Bright or sunny spells and heavy thundery showers followed from the south. These showers became confined to the north and east on the 24th with patchy overnight mist clearing to sunny spells across the rest of the country. The temperature reached 21 °C in Bishopton, Charterhall and Threave.

25th to 29th
Rain spread into the southwest during the late evening on the 24th which led to a cloudy morning on 25th with patchy, mainly light rain. Brighter weather and scattered showers followed from west during afternoon with some heavy showers across the west during evening. The temperature reached 21 °C at Leuchars.

Heavy overnight rain gave way brighter conditions and scattered showers on the 26th. Some of the showers became heavy, especially in the northeast during the evening. Sunshine and showers on 27th, being more frequent over across the west. The showery picture continued on the 28th and 29th, and a brisk north-westerly breeze kept it quite cool in the north and northeast. The showers became confined to the north through the 30th where as the south was bright or sunny. The temperature ranged from 11 °C in Lerwick to 19 °C in Edinburgh.

30th to 31st
Rain developed across the north through the 30th with many eastern and southern areas experiencing hazy sunshine. The temperature ranged from 13 °C in Shetland to nearly 23 °C at Dyce.