Anyway, now for my main teatime report as this real classic summer's day nears its end with 11.2 hours of sunshine having been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 5pm this afternoon. Today is not going to be the sunniest day of the year and I think that last Sunday's total of 16.4 hours of sunshine will be the one which holds that record at the end of this year, but we have had about as much sunshine as what we can get at this time of year and because of that, there is still the chance that today could take second place in that department.
Just as the temperature went back up again during the last hour, the sea breeze picked up for a second time and caused the temperature to drop back a bit once again. Because of that, I can probably safely say that today's maximum temperature was 28.2ºC at Swanston, 28.0ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 26ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 24.7ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
This makes today the hottest day of the year so far at Swanston, Edinburgh Gogarbank and Edinburgh Airport. Even at the much cooler botanic gardens in Edinburgh, today's maximum temperature was still enough to make today the second warmest day of the year so far at that station.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 5pm this afternoon was 27.3ºC at Swanston, 26.2ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 22ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 20.4ºC at the botanic gardens 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.