Fort Augustus
Fort Augustus is a settlement in the church of Boleskine as well as Abertarff, at the south-west end of Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands. The village has a population of around 646 (2001 ). Its economic climate is greatly dependent on tourist. As with a lot of the British Isles as well as Scotland, Ft Augustus has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) with awesome summers and also mild winters months. Like a great deal of the bordering location, sunlight levels are low at around 1,000 hrs per year and also temperatures are unpredictable-- Ft Augustus holds the UK's joint most affordable May temperature document of -9.4 ° C (15.1 ° F). This is the most up to date point in the run up to summer season that such a reduced temperature has actually been videotaped, suggesting it can end up being a frost trap on calm clear evenings because of its valley location. That same reduced lying topography can additionally give rise to some high temperatures occasionally-- Ft Augustus held the UK daily heat record for 16 December for nearly 80 years.
