Eskdalemuir
Coordinates: 55°16′08″N 3°10′37″W / 55.269°N 3.177°W
| Eskdalemuir | |
 The former primary school |
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 Eskdalemuir
Eskdalemuir shown within Dumfries and Galloway |
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| Population | 265 (2001) |
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| Civil parish | Eskdalemuir |
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Lieutenancy area | Dumfries |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Langholm |
| Postcode district | DG13 |
| Dialling code | 013873 |
| Police | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Fire | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale |
| Scottish Parliament | Dumfries |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Eskdalemuir (from Scottish Gaelic meaning "Moor of the Valley of the River Esk") is a civil parish and small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, with a population of 265.[1]It is sited around 10 miles north-west of Langholm and 10 miles north-east of Lockerbie.
The area consists of high wet moorlands chiefly used for sheep grazing and forestry plantation. Settlement is generally located near to, or by one of the many tributaries of the Black Esk and White Esk rivers.
Eskdalemuir is best-known for the nearby Eskdalemuir weather station and for the Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
Eskdalemuir is rich in archaeological remains, including two neolithic stone circles and bank barrow, Castle O'er, a possible ritual centre for the Selgovae, Raeburnfoot, a Roman fort and later dark age fortifications and settlements.
[edit] Climate
Eskdalemuir is home to one of the longest climatological records in the UK, with data stretching back over 100 years. The data shows Eskdalemuir to be a very wet, often cloudy place - Eskdalemuir holds the UK Weather Record for the highest rainfall in a 30 minute period: 80mm, recorded on 26 June 1953.[2] It also held the record for the dullest summer month - 43.9 hours in August 1912. Though this was beaten by just 41 hours in August 2008 - again by Eskdalemuir.[3] Other recent low sunshine records for the site include 30 hours during October 2011,[4] 46 hours during September 2008,[5] 69 hours during July 2010,[6] and 92 hours during June 2010 (2nd dullest June on Eskdalemuir's record).[7] Eskdalemuir experienced its wettest year on record in 2011.[8]
| Climate data for Eskdalemuir 242 asl, 1971-2000, Extremes 1911- | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
5.5 (41.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
1.3 (34.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19 (−2.2) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−5 (23.0) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−19 (−2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 184.2 (7.252) |
136.8 (5.386) |
152.2 (5.992) |
91.9 (3.618) |
89.7 (3.531) |
93.5 (3.681) |
101.1 (3.98) |
119.1 (4.689) |
137.4 (5.409) |
170.0 (6.693) |
167.6 (6.598) |
191.1 (7.524) |
1,634.6 (64.354) |
| Sunshine hours | 36.3 | 55.7 | 80.3 | 126.3 | 167.7 | 151.5 | 157.2 | 139.2 | 100.8 | 72.2 | 52.2 | 34.7 | 1,174.1 |
| Source no. 1: Met Office[9] | |||||||||||||
| Source no. 2: WeatherJournal[10] | |||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population : Eskdalemuir Civil Parish Retrieved 2009-11-21
- ^ Met Office article
- ^ "August sun". climate-uk. http://www.climate-uk.com/monthly/0808.htm.
- ^ "October sun". climate-uk. http://www.climate-uk.com/monthly/1110.htm.
- ^ "September sun". climate-uk. http://www.climate-uk.com/monthly/0809.htm.
- ^ "July sun". climate-uk. http://www.climate-uk.com/monthly/1007.htm.
- ^ "June sun". climate-uk. http://www.climate-uk.com/monthly/1006.htm.
- ^ "Eskdalemuir rainfall highest on record". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-16408562. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ^ "Eskdalemuir Climate". UKMO. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/sites/eskdalemuir.html. Retrieved 06 Nov 2011.
- ^ "Eskdalemuir extremes". Rmets. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1256/wea.218.03/pdf. Retrieved 06 Nov 2011.
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