Fort Augustus
Fort Augustus is a negotiation 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 tourist. Just like most of the British Isles and Scotland, Fort Augustus has an oceanic environment (Köppen: Cfb) with great summertimes and also light winters months. Like a great deal of the surrounding area, sunshine levels are low at around 1,000 hours per year as well as temperatures are unpredictable-- Fort Augustus holds the UK's joint most affordable May temperature level record of -9.4 ° C (15.1 ° F). This is the most recent factor in the added to summer that such a reduced temperature has actually been taped, suggesting it can come to be a frost trap on tranquil clear evenings due to its valley area. That very same low existing topography can additionally give rise to some heats from time to time-- Fort Augustus held the UK daily high temperature document for 16 December for almost 80 years.
