Fall Weather in Linlithgow United Kingdom

Daily high temperatures decrease by 18°F, from 63°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 69°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 14°F, from 48°F to 35°F, rarely falling below 25°F or exceeding 55°F.

For reference, on August 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Linlithgow typically range from 51°F to 66°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 33°F to 43°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average fall temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Craig, United States (4,237 miles away) and Waiouru, New Zealand (11,309 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Linlithgow (view comparison).

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The fall in Linlithgow experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 54% to 67%.

The clearest day of the fall is September 3, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 46% of the time.

For reference, on January 26, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 71%, while on July 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 49%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Linlithgow, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is gradually increasing, starting the season at 32% and ending it at 36%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on December 31, and its lowest chance is 25% on April 18.

Over the course of the fall in Linlithgow, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 36% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the fall in Linlithgow is essentially constant, remaining about 2.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.8 inches or falling below 0.9 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.9 inches on October 21. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.3 inches on September 10.

Over the course of the fall in Linlithgow, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 6 hours, 22 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 4 minutes, 15 seconds, and weekly decrease of 29 minutes, 44 seconds.

The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 7 hours, 26 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 13 hours, 48 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the fall in Linlithgow is 6:19 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 2 hours, 1 minute later at 8:20 AM on November 30.

The latest sunset is 8:07 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 4 hours, 22 minutes earlier at 3:45 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 1:00 AM on October 27, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:27 AM and sets 17 hours, 37 minutes later, at 10:04 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:44 AM and sets 6 hours, 57 minutes later, at 3:41 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the fall of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Linlithgow is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 28, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Linlithgow is increasing during the fall, increasing from 10.8 miles per hour to 12.8 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 14.9 miles per hour, while on July 23, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Linlithgow throughout the fall is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 46% on September 4.

Linlithgow is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Linlithgow is rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 9°F, from 56°F to 48°F, over the course of the season.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Linlithgow typically lasts for 5.5 months (166 days), from around April 29 to around October 13, rarely starting before April 7 or after May 21, and rarely ending before September 17 or after November 9.

During the fall in Linlithgow, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 99% to 0% over the course of the season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Linlithgow are increasing during the fall, increasing by 213°F, from 794°F to 1,007°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Linlithgow is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 3.4 kWh, from 3.8 kWh to 0.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Linlithgow are 55.976 deg latitude, -3.604 deg longitude, and 167 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Linlithgow contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 771 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 317 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,056 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,996 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Linlithgow is covered by cropland (48%), grassland (28%), and artificial surfaces (18%), within 10 miles by grassland (30%) and artificial surfaces (25%), and within 50 miles by grassland (38%) and cropland (15%).