Fersit
Fersit (Scottish Gaelic: Fearsaid Mhòr) is a hamlet close to Tulloch railway station in Lochaber, Scottish Highlands and is in the Highland council area.
Fersit
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 View from Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin, the large mountain (at 1,105 m) visible from Fersit. | |
  Fersit Location within the Lochaber area | |
| OS grid reference | NN357779 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | PH31 4 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
The River Treig, which drains into Loch Treig runs past Fersit.
Fersit had a small station on the West Highland Line, known as Fersit Halt. This was a temporary structure, used during the construction of the Lochaber hydro-electric scheme, and closed in 1935. The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway, a railway line built for the construction of the hydro scheme, also passed by Fersit.
Climate
Fersit has a local Met Office weather station, Tulloch Bridge. Overall it is generally colder and wetter than the UK average but with cold winters and mild summers.
| Climate data for Tulloch Bridge (237 m or 778 ft asl, averages 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.8 (46.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
11.0 (51.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.9 (46.2) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
7.5 (45.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 248.3 (9.78) |
174.8 (6.88) |
183.7 (7.23) |
96.8 (3.81) |
84.6 (3.33) |
77.0 (3.03) |
88.5 (3.48) |
107.4 (4.23) |
140.1 (5.52) |
201.5 (7.93) |
205.5 (8.09) |
201.2 (7.92) |
1,809.4 (71.23) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 19.5 | 15.9 | 19.7 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 20.0 | 19.3 | 16.8 | 201.6 |
| Source: Met Office[1] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Tulloch Bridge (Highland) UK climate averages". Met Office. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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