Heavy rain hits travel in north and north east Scotland

Unsettled conditions dominated the weather in June and again in July, so far.

The average mean temperature for June was 12.9C, which was 0.4C below the long-term meteorological average.

Also, northern Scotland recorded above average amounts of rainfall. It had 122mm of rain, 32% more than its average for June.

It was cold enough in early June and July for snow to fall on some of Scotland’s highest mountains.

The weather has been affected by the position of the jet stream, a strong current of air in the upper troposphere, about five to seven miles above the Earth’s surface.

It has been in a west to north-westerly orientation across the North Atlantic, resulting in Scotland often being either under, or more commonly, on the cold side of the jet stream.