Climate
As with the rest of Scotland, Dunbar experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. The local climate is notable in that it is one of the few places in Scotland to exceed 1500 hours of sunshine annually. It is also the driest part of Scotland. Recorded temperature extremes range from 31.0 °C (87.8 °F) during August 1990, down to −12 °C (10.4 °F) in January 1982.
| Climate data for Dunbar 23m asl, 1971-2000, Sunshine 1951-1980, Extremes 1960- | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.13 (53.84) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.95 (42.71) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12 (10.4) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−10 (14) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−12 (10) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 49.09 (1.9327) |
30.79 (1.2122) |
41.83 (1.6469) |
36.0 (1.417) |
46.99 (1.85) |
48.72 (1.9181) |
44.98 (1.7709) |
50.96 (2.0063) |
54.07 (2.1287) |
56.85 (2.2382) |
48.29 (1.9012) |
51.61 (2.0319) |
560.18 (22.0543) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 55.8 | 79.1 | 111.0 | 167.4 | 183.0 | 201.0 | 189.1 | 162.0 | 132.0 | 105.4 | 72.0 | 52.7 | 1,523 |
| Source #1: Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute/KNMI | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: ScotClim | |||||||||||||
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