St John's Town of Dalry (Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Eòin), usually referred to simply as Dalry (/dæl'raɪ/ / 'dal-RYE'), is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
St Johns Town is located close to the Southern Upland Way, and the nearby Galloway Hills, including the peaks of Corserine and Cairnsmore of Carsphairn.
St Johns Town of Dalry was named Bird Town, to celebrate the work of renowned bird artist and writer Donald Watson who lived in Dalry for many years.
[5] In common with the rest of the country, Dalry benefits from a climate classified as Oceanic (Köppen Cfb), encompassing cool summers and mild winters with year-round rainfall.
Temperature extremes at Glenlee, under 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) southwest, have ranged from 31.0 °C (87.8 °F) during July 2005[16] to −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F) in both January 1940[17] and December 1995.