My prediction for August came off quite well because it was drier, warmer and sunnier down south compared to here in Scotland although the rainfall figures for this part of the world was about average overall.
However, I then predicted that this month would be an extension to the summer and provide us with what we should have been getting from August. That sadly, hasn't happened. It is now actually turning out to be quite a cool month here and over the last couple of nights, we have even been not too far away from getting our first air frost of the season, which is something which we wouldn't normally expect to see happening here until well into October.
It is also still on course just now to be a duller than average month, although it's not been as dull as August in terms of the overall anomaly. In fact, it has actually been fairly sunny over the last few days and it is not too late for that to result in us getting away with a sunnier than average month.
As far as rainfall is concerned, it looks as though we will get a wetter than average month at Edinburgh Gogarbank which goes against my prediction for this to be a decent month overall, although the rainfall total at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh is still below average and at a level which is unlikely to made up according to the latest model output. This would suggest that just like last month, this month's rainfall totals are going to end up being around average here overall which means that our run of months without a wetter than average month that still stretches all the way back to May, now looks likely to extend for another month.
When you add that together, this month isn't actually turning out to be as bad here in terms of the average overall statistics as it had looked as though it was going to be not too long ago, which means that my prediction hasn't been a total disaster either.
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.