Cairngorm summit (Ben Macdui area) climate

Name: Cairngorm summit (Ben Macdui area)
Address: Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom

United Kingdom · Scottish Highlands · 57.070° N, 3.669° W

Köppen ETtundra / subarctic plateauPolar & alpine

Britain's arctic plateau: gales, wind-driven snow and tundra conditions where no month is truly warm.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 51°F / 11°C

Coldest month

January, 20°F / -6°C

Annual swing

31°F / 17°C

Wettest month

October

Driest month

April

Rain per year

38.8" / 985 mm

Snow per year

122.7" / 3116 mm

Elevation

4275 ft / 1303 m

Time zone

Europe/London

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	27 / -3	20 / -6	1.58 / 40	18.5 / 471	96%	10.5 / 16.9	92%
February	29 / -2	21 / -6	1.70 / 43	28.4 / 723	94%	11.7 / 18.8	88%
March	31 / -1	21 / -6	1.58 / 40	17.8 / 452	91%	9.6 / 15.4	83%
April	37 / 3	24 / -4	1.22 / 31	9.3 / 236	83%	8.2 / 13.2	74%
May	42 / 5	30 / -1	3.62 / 92	6.6 / 167	84%	8.1 / 13.0	85%
June	50 / 10	37 / 3	3.50 / 89	0.5 / 12	82%	8.2 / 13.2	80%
July	51 / 11	39 / 4	4.78 / 121	0.0 / 0	85%	7.7 / 12.4	85%
August	50 / 10	39 / 4	4.57 / 116	0.0 / 0	87%	7.5 / 12.1	84%
September	47 / 8	36 / 2	3.85 / 98	0.3 / 8	89%	9.1 / 14.6	84%
October	38 / 3	30 / -1	6.37 / 162	3.5 / 90	94%	10.2 / 16.4	92%
November	32 / 0	26 / -4	4.00 / 102	9.5 / 241	96%	9.4 / 15.1	93%
December	28 / -2	21 / -6	2.01 / 51	28.2 / 717	96%	9.5 / 15.3	94%

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