Stornoway weather
Loading live data…Latest for Stornoway: Met Office (UKMO model): 8° Light rain · European (ECMWF): 7° Rain · American (NOAA GFS): 8° Rain.
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Stornoway weather in numbers
measured normals and 10 years of recorded weatherStornoway swings 12°C across the year, from 15°C highs in July to 3°C lows in January, and January is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 1446 mm of precipitation. Over 10 years of recorded weather it averages 0 days a year at 25°C or above, 11 frost nights, and rain on 216 days.
Day counts are from the ERA5 reanalysis for Stornoway’s grid square, 2016 to 2025, counted the same way for every city so the numbers compare. A reanalysis square is an area, not a weather station, so it is good for counting days and not for a single day’s record.
The weather map: all three models at once
Met Office, European, American side by side around Stornoway and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Stornoway hourly forecast: next 14 hours
consensus of the three modelsRain in the next 24 hours, model by model
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Stornoway 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitStornoway, Scotland is at its warmest in Jul (average highs near 15°C) and coldest in Jan (lows around 3°C), with roughly 1446 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what Met Office, European, American forecast for Stornoway right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
We grade every model against the weather that actually happened, so you can see which forecast model is most accurate in United Kingdom before you trust any single number.
Stornoway climate by month
average daytime high and overnight low across a typical year (1991-2020)Source: 1991-2020 averages, ERA5 for this place adjusted with NASA POWER.
How the weather around Stornoway has changed since 1995
Stornoway sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Isle of Lewis. That square shows no clear change in temperature between 1995-2004 and 2015-2024. See the full 30-year picture on the Isle of Lewis page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Stornoway?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
The CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy, each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 1950 cities. Lower error means a higher score. See which forecast model is most accurate in United Kingdom, how we measure forecast accuracy, or which model each weather app uses.
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