WE ALL knew it was cold and wet last month.

Now weather experts at the Scottish Crop Research Institute’s Invergowrie base have officially confirmed it.

The number of frosty nights in August this year was the most since the institute’s records began more than 50 years ago.

The lowest temperature recorded during the month, -2.2C, was the lowest for more than 20 years.

Head meteorological adviser Marion Grassie confirmed the sorry news yesterday.

“The number of days where the grass temperature has been lower than zero, or in other words nights of frost, was six in August, which is the most since our records began in 1954,” she said.

“We don’t normally have that many at this time of year.”

The minimum grass temperature recorded was -2.2C, which is the lowest for the month of August since 1986.

The total rainfall for the month was particularly high—nearly one-and-a-half times the long-term average of 52.3mm at 76.2mm.

Meanwhile, the highest daily rainfall was 23.5mm on August 18.

The average daily temperature for the month was 14.5C, differing only slightly from the long-term average of 14.7C.

The highest daily temperature recorded was 22C on August 24, as opposed to the lowest of 6.2C on August 8.

Total hours of sunshine were 170.3, again only a little more than the long-term average of 164.9 hours.