Fort Augustus
Fort Augustus is a settlement in the parish of Boleskine as well as Abertarff, at the south-west end of Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands. The town has a population of around 646 (2001 ). Its economic climate is greatly dependent on tourism. Similar to most of the British Isles and also Scotland, Ft Augustus has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) with trendy summertimes and moderate wintertimes. Like a lot of the bordering area, sunlight degrees are reduced at around 1,000 hours per annum and also temperatures are uncertain-- 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 added to summer season that such a reduced temperature has been videotaped, recommending it can come to be a frost trap on calm clear evenings due to its valley place. That exact same reduced lying topography can likewise trigger some heats once in a while-- Ft Augustus held the UK daily heat record for 16 December for nearly 80 years.
