Portuairk
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- Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Portuairk (Scottish Gaelic: Port Uairce) is a crofting township, at the western end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.
It is the most westerly settlement on the British mainland, although nearby Kilchoan is the most westerly village.[1]
Overlooking Sanna Bay, the village is visited by walkers and scenery enthusiasts, with views of Skye and the Small Isles: Rùm, Eigg, and Muck.
Cuillin View is a traditional cottage at the end of the bay roughly 172 years old.
Climate
Like much of the British isles, Portuairk has an oceanic climate, with mild, somewhat dry summers and cold, wet winters. Temperatures usually range from 2.4 °C (36.3 °F) to 16.8 °C (62.2 °F), but the all-time temperature range is between −5 °C (23 °F), which is mild for its latitude and 28 °C (82 °F), which is slightly cooler than expected for its latitude. There is an average of 15 snow days per year, with 23 air frosts and a wind speed reaching a peak of 28 km/h (17 mph) in February. The highest wind speed recorded was 120 km/h (75 mph), unusually recorded in July.[2][3]
Climate data for Portuairk 8 m asl[4] | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 13 (55) | 14 (57) | 15 (59) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 26 (79) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 23 (73) | 20 (68) | 16 (61) | 14 (57) | 28 (82) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) | 7.4 (45.3) | 8.7 (47.7) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.6 (56.5) | 15.4 (59.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.8 (62.2) | 15.1 (59.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.8 (53.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 2.4 (36.3) | 3.3 (37.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11 (52) | 11 (52) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 2.9 (37.2) | 6.3 (43.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −3 (27) | −2 (28) | −1 (30) | 0 (32) | 3 (37) | 5 (41) | 8 (46) | 8 (46) | 4 (39) | 0 (32) | −3 (27) | −5 (23) | −5 (23) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 187 (7.4) | 133 (5.2) | 144 (5.7) | 89 (3.5) | 73 (2.9) | 78 (3.1) | 93 (3.7) | 116 (4.6) | 143 (5.6) | 180 (7.1) | 178 (7.0) | 175 (6.9) | 1,589 (62.7) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 21 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 204 |
Average snowy days (≥ 1 cm) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 82 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 34 | 65 | 92 | 159 | 203 | 181 | 138 | 136 | 102 | 72 | 43 | 30 | 1,255 |
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Notes
- ^ "Kilchoan" Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "Achosnich from the Gazetteer for Scotland".
- ^ "June Climate History for Portuairk | Local | Highland, United Kingdom". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015.
- ^ Average high, low, sunshine and precipitation figures are for Achosnich, which is 7 metres (23 ft) asl and 1⁄2 mile (800 m) away.
External links
Media related to Portuairk at Wikimedia Commons
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