ANNANDALE experienced more than double the amount of rainfall last month than in August 2023.
The data gathered by the Eskdalemuir Magnetic Observatory and published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) shows that in August, 324.8 millimetres of rain fell over Annandale, compared to the 138.6 millmetres of rain recorded by the observatory the same time last year.
This makes it the wettest August of the past ten years.
The Met Office also recorded a much wetter and cooler August in Southern Scotland overall, particularly in the latter half of the month making it the third wettest August on record.
The Met Office’s monthly climate summary stated: “Scotland in particular saw cooler than average temperatures in the second half of the month. On the 22nd, the 12th named storm of the season arrived: Storm Lilian brought strong winds and heavy rain to northern England and Wales and parts of Scotland.
“Western Scotland provisionally experienced its third wettest August on record in a series from 1836.”
