A village in Scotland has provisionally set the UK record for temperature in January after hitting 19.6C, the Met Office has confirmed.
The temperature in Kinlochewe in the north-west Highlands recorded the temperature on Sunday, rising above the previous record of villages Inchmarlo and Aboyne in Aberdeenshire which hit 18.3C in 2003 while Aber, Ceredigion, reached the same level in both 1958 and 1971.
The temperature, if confirmed, would also be the record for a winter’s day in Scotland.
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In a post on X, the Met Office said: “There has provisionally been a new UK January daily max temperature record set today at Kinlochewe where the temperature reached 19.6C.
“This beats the previous January UK record of 18.3C set at Inchmarlo and Aboyne in 2003 and Aber in 1958 and 1971.”
There has provisionally been a new UK January daily max temperature record set today at Kinlochewe where the temperature reached 19.6°C
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 28, 2024
This beats the previous January UK record of 18.3°C set at Inchmarlo and Aboyne in 2003 and Aber in 1958 and 1971 pic.twitter.com/0dm15Jgt6E
As well as potentially setting the record, Kinlochewe was also covered by a yellow weather warning for wind.
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The warning was in place for the north-west highlands and Outer Hebrides between 11am and 5pm.
Elsewhere, Scotland’s central belt and the eastern coast of Northern Ireland were already under a yellow wind warning, due to last between 10am and 8pm.
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