United Kingdom · 1991–2020 normal
Scalloway in
February.
Typical February weather in Scalloway: 5.9°C by day, 1.7°C at night, 123 mm of rain over 19.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high5.9°C
Typical low1.7°C
Rain123 mm
Wet days19.8
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 46). Daylight is calculated as 8 h 59 from latitude 60.14°. Open-water sea temperature is 7.4°C (6 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in February
At 60.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 8 h 59. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are 1.7°C.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2638439
- NOAA station
- UK000003005 · LERWICK
- Station distance
- 5.2 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 30 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.