May 2024 was a record warm month in Scotland. In the north of Scotland mean temperature were +3.5°C above the 1991-2020 LTALTA Long Term Average. This is usually defined as a 30 year period by the WMO., and beat the previous record set in 1889 by 1.6°C. The UKMOUKMO The Meteorological Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy say the high mean temperatures were down to high overnight minimum temperatures, that may be true for the whole of the UKUK The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland., but not for northern Scotland where the mean maximum anomaly of +3.3°C was very similar to the mean minimum anomaly of+3.5°C.
May was also another rather dry month in NW Scotland with rainfall totals just 63% of the LTA. Although there were some very sunny days total sunshine for the month was just 85% of the LTA.
