Onich

Area

St Bride’s Church was built in 1874 by the Edinburgh architect John Garden Brown. Onich to North Ballachulish Woods forms a Special Area of Conservation because of its old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum.

Climate

As with much of the British Isles, Onich experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. Rainfall is high, approaching an annual average of 2000 mm. Onich holds the record for highest temperature reported, 32.1 C, for this part of Scotland (also the furthest north such a high value has been recorded in the British Isles). It also holds the highest Scottish minimum temperature for July at 20.0.C set in July 1948.

|Jan record high C = 16.7 |Feb record high C = 14.4 |Mar record high C = 18.9 |Apr record high C = 21.5 |May record high C = 26.5 |Jun record high C = 28.5 |Jul record high C = 30.0 |Aug record high C = 32.1 |Sep record high C = 23.9 |Oct record high C = 23.3 |Nov record high C = 16.0 |Dec record high C = 14.4 |year record high C = 32.1 |Jan record low C = −12.0 |Feb record low C = −10.0 |Mar record low C = −8.0 |Apr record low C = −6.5 |May record low C = −4.0 |Jun record low C = 0.5 |Jul record low C = 2.2 |Aug record low C = 1.7 |Sep record low C = -2.0 |Oct record low C = -3.5 |Nov record low C = −6.7 |Dec record low C = −11.1 |year record low C = −12.0

References

References

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