The rest of this afternoon and this evening have been a big improvement from earlier on with some sunny intervals at times, although there has also been a lot of cloud at times.
In the end though, a total of just 2.5 hours of sunshine was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank.
There was even a further shower of rain during the early part of this evening, but this only added a further 0.2 mm onto today's rainfall total at Edinburgh Gogarbank, along with nothing at all at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Today's maximum temperature was 19.8°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank which makes today, only the second time during this month that the temperature has failed to reach or get above 20°C there.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 9pm tonight was around 16°C here in Edinburgh.
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.