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The storm was the worst to affect Scotland in 10 years, [27] though a stronger storm occurred less than a month afterwards, on 3 January 2012. [28] In January 2012, a stronger storm, Cyclone Andrea, hit Scotland. The worst affected area was Southern Scotland where several weather stations reported their highest gust on record.
England is also sunnier throughout the year than Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the sunniest month is July, with an average of 193.5 hours. It rains on fewer days every month throughout the year than the rest of the UK, and rainfall totals are less in every month, with the driest month, May, averaging 58.4 mm (2.30 in). [3]
Highest monthly total (England) [2] 383.9 hours Eastbourne, Sussex: July 1911 Highest monthly total (Northern Ireland) [2] 298 hours Mount Stewart, County Down: June 1940 Highest monthly total (Scotland) [2] 329.1 hours Tiree, Argyll & Bute: May 1975 Highest monthly total (Wales) [2] 354.3 hours Dale Fort, Pembrokeshire: July 1955
There has been an average of 12.8mm of rain across the UK up to April 22 – much lower than the April average of 72.53mm.
East Anglia, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly remain in drought conditions with less than half the average rain falling across the UK.
On average, Leuchars gets around 700 mm (28 in) of rain each year and 1,573 hours of sunshine, making it one of the driest and sunniest places in Scotland. The highest recorded temperature was 30.8 °C (87.4 °F) in August 1990, while the lowest was −13.4 °C (7.9 °F), which was recorded in February 1986.
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