This afternoon has been rather wet and miserable here in Edinburgh with quite a lot of heavy rain at times The result of this is that a total of just 42 minutes of sunshine has been recorded for the whole of today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 4pm this afternoon.
So far as well, a total of 8.6 mm of rain has now been recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 4pm this afternoon along with 5.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. That makes today the wettest day of both this month and this autumn so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank, and the second wettest day of this month and this autumn so far at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Today's maximum temperature was 14.3°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 14°C at Edinburgh Airport and 15.5°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
However, the temperature has dropped a bit as a cold front has moved through, so the temperature at 4pm this afternoon was now down to 11.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 11°C at Edinburgh Airport and 11.2°C 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.