Climate for fruit trees in Kirkwall

Annual climate averages

	This location	London	Edinburgh	Cardiff
Length of growing season:	297 days	332 days	307 days	340 days
Average minimum temperatures:	1 C	2 C	1 C	3 C
Average maximum temperatures:	17 C	23 C	19 C	21 C
Rainfall:	1015 mm	656 mm	684 mm	1022 mm
Sunshine hours:	1242 hours	1705 hours	1418 hours	1655 hours

Monthly climate averages for this location

Month	Avg. Minimum temp.	Avg. Maximum temp.	Rainfall	Sunshine hours
Jan	2 C	7 C	116 mm (11.4%)	34 hours  (2.7%)
Feb	2 C	7 C	89 mm (8.8%)	69 hours  (5.6%)
Mar	2 C	8 C	73 mm (7.2%)	114 hours  (9.2%)
Apr	4 C	11 C	67 mm (6.6%)	155 hours  (12.5%)
May	6 C	13 C	46 mm (4.5%)	185 hours  (14.9%)
Jun	9 C	15 C	66 mm (6.5%)	148 hours  (11.9%)
Jul	11 C	17 C	43 mm (4.2%)	144 hours  (11.6%)
Aug	11 C	17 C	65 mm (6.4%)	133 hours  (10.7%)
Sep	9 C	15 C	79 mm (7.8%)	110 hours  (8.9%)
Oct	7 C	12 C	134 mm (13.2%)	83 hours  (6.7%)
Nov	5 C	9 C	133 mm (13.1%)	42 hours  (3.4%)
Dec	3 C	8 C	104 mm (10.2%)	25 hours  (2.0%)