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Windy Standard

Located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Coordinates: 55°17′17″ N 4°10′28″ W

Map showing the location of Windy Standard Windy Standard
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
698 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Craigengillan
6.8 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport35 km
GLA Glasgow Airport67 km

About Windy Standard

Windy Standard is a mountain. Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Elevation: 698 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (35 km). Nearby sights include Trostan Hill and Millaneoch Hill.

Climate of Windy Standard

This month · November

A wet month

Day 5° · Night -1° · Rain 204 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night -3°)
Wettest month
January (205 mm)
Driest month
June (94 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Windy Standard
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°4°7°10°12°14°14°11°8°5°3°
Average low (°C)-3°-3°-2°0°2°5°7°7°5°3°-1°-2°
Precipitation (mm)205136156971029495126171200204202

How to get to Windy Standard

The nearest airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK), 35 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 64 km to the north.

Airports

  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 35 kmnorthwest
  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 67 kmnorth
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 89 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 64 kmnorth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 96 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 136 kmsouthwest
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 151 kmnortheast
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 167 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Windy Standard

Within 100 km: 310 historic and cultural sites, 2,652 natural sites, 733 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km356 places

  • Kids Isle Island 10 kmSW
  • Blaeberry Isle Island 20 kmSW
  • Deer Isle Island 21 kmSW
  • McDowalls Isle Island 16 kmW

25–60 km1,245 places

  • Powillimount Beach Beach 58 kmSE
  • Ayr Beach Beach 35 kmNW
  • Troon Beach Beach 42 kmNW
  • Murrays Isles Island 53 kmS

60–100 km2,094 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 76 kmNW
  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 71 kmNW
  • St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 96 kmSE
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 67 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby
  • Trostan Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway
    0.8 km W
  • Millaneoch Hill Mountain, East Ayrshire
    0.9 km NE
  • Jedburgh Knees Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway
    1.3 km NW
  • Keoch Rig Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway
    1.5 km S
  • Wedder Hill Mountain, East Ayrshire
    1.6 km NE
  • Dugland Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway
    1.8 km W
  • Alwhat Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway
    2.7 km E
  • Alhang Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway
    2.3 km E

Sources & licences

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