What is the hottest month in Scotland?

July is the warmest month in Scotland, with an average high of 85.8°F.

What is the coldest month in Scotland?

January is the coldest month in Scotland, with an average low of 9.9°F.

What month does Scotland get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Scotland, with about 3.64 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Scotland in?

Scotland is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Scotland changed recently?

8.7% of Scotland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Scotland, SD

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MENNO, SD US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Scotland has an annual average temperature of 48.2°F with about 25 inches of precipitation per year and 39.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.9°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.64 in) and January the driest (0.53 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

55.2°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,714

HDD/yr

Cooling need

657

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

32 of 366 (8.7%) of Scotland's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		4
1900s		17
1910s		17
1920s		31
1930s		106
1940s		19
1950s		30
1960s		21
1970s		8
1980s		30
1990s		20
2000s		18
2010s		21
2020s		24

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	28.4°F	9.9°F	19.2°F	0.53 in	7.1 in	5
February	33.7°F	13.8°F	23.7°F	0.66 in	7.4 in	5
March	47.0°F	25.1°F	36.0°F	1.27 in	6.0 in	6
April	60.8°F	36.2°F	48.5°F	2.72 in	4.0 in	8
May	72.5°F	48.3°F	60.4°F	3.41 in	0.3 in	11
June	82.2°F	59.2°F	70.7°F	3.64 in	—	10
July	85.8°F	63.1°F	74.4°F	2.79 in	—	7
August	83.0°F	60.7°F	71.8°F	3.28 in	—	8
September	77.1°F	52.0°F	64.6°F	2.86 in	—	6
October	62.7°F	38.8°F	50.7°F	2.06 in	1.2 in	7
November	45.4°F	25.0°F	35.2°F	0.99 in	5.4 in	5
December	31.8°F	14.1°F	22.9°F	0.82 in	7.8 in	5