January temperature at , from 1881 until 1982.

History

The town of Kelso came into being as a direct result of the creation of Kelso Abbey in 1128. The town's name stems from the earliest settlement having stood on a chalky outcrop, and the town was known as Calkou (or perhaps Calchfynydd) in those early days, something that is remembered in the modern street name, "Chalkheugh Terrace".

Standing on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from the now-vanished royal burgh of Roxburgh,

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