It's now completely overcast and not only are the temperatures refusing to drop as a result of there being too much cloud around, but they have actually gone up a bit over the last hour or so.
In the end, 0.2 mm of rain was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 0.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh although for both of these stations, this is probably due to condensation rather than actual rainfall.
Meanwhile, the temperature at midnight was 2.5°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 2°C at Edinburgh Airport and 2.6°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.