Sunny and cloudless. 23.9c

Here in Edinburgh, we have slid back into another permacast hell with yet more constant grey skies after those earlier showers. This means that as at 5pm this afternoon, just 1.3 hours of sunshine had been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank with nothing at all in that department since 1pm this afternoon.

Those earlier showers have resulted in 0.4 mm of rain being recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 5pm this afternoon, along with 0.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

This means that the drought at Edinburgh Gogarbank is now officially over, but this has not been enough to end the drought at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which is currently in day 23, and which now lots set to go on for at least another day.

Today's maximum temperature so far as at 5pm was 19.6ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 20ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 18.5ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. Those temperatures occurred quite early in the day before those showers came along. At that point in time, there was a sharp drop in the temperatures which have slowly been recovering since then. This means that we can't rule out the chance of those earlier maximum temperatures being exceeded again before this evening is out.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 5pm this afternoon was 19.0ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 19ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 18.4ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

EDIT:

A change of wind direction from those easterlies which have been around for a few days to more of a SW flow has resulted in the temperature at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (which is always the coolest of my three local stations under those easterlies) staging a late rally in response to that, up to a new maximum of 19.6ºC during the last hour.

Evening

A max of 23.4c today with long spells of sunshine.

A thunderhead from the Crowborough storm 50 miles away popped up on the western horizon around 6pm.

A clear and cooler evening now with a current temperature of 14.0c.

This evening was generally cloudy and there was a couple of showers which fizzled out just as they reached us here in Edinburgh without adding anything more to today's rainfall totals. The Sun did manage to make an appearance just before sunset but in the end, the rather dismal total of just 1.3 hours of sunshine was recorded in the end at Edinburgh Gogarbank which is very disappointing when you consider that it had looked for a while this morning, as though the Sun had broken through quite nicely. That in turn, also makes today the dullest day of this month so far.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 10pm tonight was 17.5ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 18ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 18.0ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, so this looks like being quite a warm and sticky night ahead, here in Edinburgh.

Today`s rainfall total 17.6mm, I think I can safely say that the drought is over.

Sepa rainfall gauge in comiston recorded 4.2 mm so drought broke here in South edinburgh. 5.8mm at torduff just outside the bypass too

I did mention in the drought thread though, that it is really the south of Edinburgh that got the biggest impact from those showers with 3.6 mm of rain being recorded at Swanston, whereas where I am in the north of Edinburgh, we just got the very tail end of these showers, hence the much smaller totals at Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh with the latter of those two stations, now being the only remaining station in Edinburgh which is still officially in an absolute drought as I write.