Editing Dunoon (section)

==Geography==
Dunoon is on the west coast of the upper [[Firth of Clyde]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunoon/dunoon/|title=Dunoon Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland|website=Undiscovered Scotland}}</ref> and on the east coast of the claw-shaped [[Cowal]] [[peninsula]].

Much of the Cowal peninsula is covered with forest, particularly in the northern stretches and to the west and south with small patches in the south-east and east. To the north and north-west is the [[Argyll Forest Park]] that was established in 1935.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/forest-parks/argyll-forest-park|title=Argyll Forest Park|publisher=Forestry Commission Scotland|access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>

===Climate===
As with the rest of the [[British Isles]], Dunoon has a [[maritime climate]] with cool summers and mild winters. It is an exceptionally wet part of the country, particularly so for a place near sea-level, with annual average rainfall totals nearing {{convert|2400|mm|0|abbr=on}}.

Recorded temperature extremes since 1960 range from {{convert|29.6|C|F}} during July 1983<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute | url = http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=13&year=1983&indexid=TXx&stationid=1874 | title = 1983 Maximum | access-date = 3 November 2011 | archive-date = 2 June 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120602142538/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=13&year=1983&indexid=TXx&stationid=1874 | url-status = dead }}</ref> to as low as {{convert|-13.9|C|F}} during January 1982.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute | url = http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=7&year=1982&indexid=TNn&stationid=1874 | title = 1982 Minimum | access-date = 3 November 2011 | archive-date = 2 June 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120602142544/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=7&year=1982&indexid=TNn&stationid=1874 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Benmore Botanic Gardens 12m asl, 1971–2000, extremes 1960– (Weather station {{cvt|7|mi|0}} to the North of Dunoon)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 14.4
|Feb record high C = 14.5
|Mar record high C = 17.2
|Apr record high C = 23.6
|May record high C = 27.0
|Jun record high C = 28.9
|Jul record high C = 29.6
|Aug record high C = 29.0
|Sep record high C = 25.1
|Oct record high C = 21.7
|Nov record high C = 16.5
|Dec record high C = 14.2
|year record high C = 29.6
|Jan high C = 6.5
|Feb high C = 6.8
|Mar high C = 8.6
|Apr high C = 11.4
|May high C = 14.9
|Jun high C = 16.8
|Jul high C = 18.4
|Aug high C = 18.0
|Sep high C = 15.3
|Oct high C = 12.2
|Nov high C = 8.9
|Dec high C = 7.2
|year high C = 12.1
|Jan low C = 1.0
|Feb low C = 1.3
|Mar low C = 2.2
|Apr low C = 3.4
|May low C = 5.8
|Jun low C = 8.5
|Jul low C = 10.7
|Aug low C = 10.4
|Sep low C = 8.6
|Oct low C = 6.1
|Nov low C = 2.9
|Dec low C = 1.7
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = −13.9
|Feb record low C = −11.1
|Mar record low C = −11.1
|Apr record low C = −4.4
|May record low C = −2.5
|Jun record low C = -0.6
|Jul record low C = 2.2
|Aug record low C = 2.6
|Sep record low C = -0.9
|Oct record low C = -4.1
|Nov record low C = −6.8
|Dec record low C = −11.5
|year record low C = −13.9
|Jan precipitation mm = 298.76
|Feb precipitation mm = 214.43
|Mar precipitation mm = 233.63
|Apr precipitation mm = 119.48
|May precipitation mm = 105.12
|Jun precipitation mm = 108.54
|Jul precipitation mm = 127.66
|Aug precipitation mm = 160.85
|Sep precipitation mm = 220.49
|Oct precipitation mm = 257.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 257.82
|Dec precipitation mm = 282.98
|year precipitation mm = 
|source 1 = [[Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/mapserver/climatology.php?indexcat=**&indexid=RR&periodidselect=1971-2000&seasonid=0&scalelogidselect=no&minx=-798809.523809&miny=-4222857.142857&maxx=67857.142858&maxy=-3572857.142857&MapSize=560%2C420&imagewidth=560&imageheight=420&mainmap.x=296&mainmap.y=201&CMD=QUERY_POINT&CMD=QUERY_POINT#bottom | title = Benmore averages | access-date = 3 November 2011 | publisher = [[KNMI (institute)|KNMI]] | archive-date = 2 June 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120602142554/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/mapserver/climatology.php?indexcat=**&indexid=RR&periodidselect=1971-2000&seasonid=0&scalelogidselect=no&minx=-798809.523809&miny=-4222857.142857&maxx=67857.142858&maxy=-3572857.142857&MapSize=560,420&imagewidth=560&imageheight=420&mainmap.x=296&mainmap.y=201&CMD=QUERY_POINT&CMD=QUERY_POINT#bottom | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|date=November 2011}}