- Onich
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Coordinates: 56°42′18″N 5°13′12″W / 56.7051°N 5.2199°W
Onich Scottish Gaelic: Omhanaich 
Onich
Onich shown within the Lochaber areaOS grid reference NN0298761 Council area Highland Country Scotland Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district PH33 Police Northern Fire Highlands and Islands Ambulance Scottish EU Parliament Scotland List of places: UK • Scotland • Onich - at one time Ounich - (Gaelic: Omhanaich) is a settlement on the east shore of Loch Linnhe, Scotland and, together with North Ballachulish at the entrance to Loch Leven, forms Nether Lochaber.
Climate
As with the rest of the British Isles and Scotland, Onich experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. Rainfall is high, approaching 2000mm a year on average. Onich holds the record for highest temperature reported, 32.1 °C (89.8 °F),[1] for this part of Scotland (also the furthest north such a high value has been recorded in the British Isles).
Climate data for Onich 1971-2000, 12m asl (Sunshine, Rainfall and Extremes, 1951-1980) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 16.7
(62.1)14.4
(57.9)18.9
(66.0)21.5
(70.7)26.5
(79.7)28.5
(83.3)30.0
(86.0)32.1
(89.8)23.9
(75.0)23.3
(73.9)16.0
(60.8)14.4
(57.9)32.1
(89.8)Average high °C (°F) 6.8
(44.2)7.4
(45.3)9.0
(48.2)11.9
(53.4)15.6
(60.1)17.1
(62.8)18.6
(65.5)18.4
(65.1)15.8
(60.4)12.8
(55.0)9.2
(48.6)7.4
(45.3)12.50
(54.50)Average low °C (°F) 0.9
(33.6)1.1
(34.0)2.0
(35.6)3.0
(37.4)5.4
(41.7)7.9
(46.2)10.0
(50.0)9.8
(49.6)8.0
(46.4)5.8
(42.4)2.9
(37.2)1.7
(35.1)4.88
(40.78)Record low °C (°F) −12
(10)−10
(14)−8
(18)−6.5
(20.3)−4
(25)0.5
(32.9)2.2
(36.0)1.7
(35.1)−2
(28.4)−3.5
(25.7)−6.7
(19.9)−11.1
(12.0)−12
(10)Precipitation mm (inches) 200
(7.87)132
(5.2)152
(5.98)111
(4.37)103
(4.06)124
(4.88)137
(5.39)150
(5.91)199
(7.83)215
(8.46)220
(8.66)238
(9.37)1,981
(77.99)Sunshine hours 27.9 62.2 89.9 132.0 164.3 150.0 114.7 117.8 87.0 65.1 33.0 18.6 1,062.5 Source no. 1: YR.NO[2] Source no. 2: ScotClim[3] References
- ^ "1995 Temperature". MetOffice. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/ns/.
- ^ "Onich 1971-2000 averages". YR.NO. http://replay.web.archive.org/20010210223621/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/sites/18.html. Retrieved 02 Nov 2011.
- ^ "Onich 1951-1980 values". ScotClim. http://www.weather.org.uk/climate/scotclim.html. Retrieved 02 Nov 2011.
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