Here in Edinburgh, a completely sunny afternoon and evening up until now means that a total of 12.7 hours of sunshine has now been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 7pm BST (18:00 UTC) this evening.
There is still more than two hours to go until sunset as I write and we only need at least another 1.5 hours of sunshine between now and then in order for today to go down as our sunniest day of this year so far.
Unlike on other recent nights, there isn't any cloud around which could potentially scupper those chances and so, it is probably almost certain that we will end up getting over that finishing line this time.
The only caveat here is that the days are now shortening which means that as a result of the continuous sunshine from sunrise and (and is looking increasingly likely) to sunset, today's total also looks certain to be this year's highest total in the overall final statistics for this year.
Today was also our hottest day of this year so far by quite a considerable amount as today's maximum temperature was 26.9°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank and at least 27.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
That also makes today the first time this year that a temperature of 80°F or above has been recorded here in Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 7pm BST (18:00 UTC) this evening was still up at around 24°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.