-3C, sunny, frosty, lovely inversion on the forth
Originally Posted by: noodle doodle
According to the data at WeatherCast and my own records, last night was the coldest night of this winter so far with an official air frost being recorded at all three of my local stations up there.
Last night's minimum temperature was -3.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, -4°C at Edinburgh Airport and -3.0°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
I am also noticing that it is still technically possible for an official ice day to be recorded at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as I write, as the temperature at 12 noon was still down down at -0.7°C
Down here, the earlier cloud cover has all gone and it is now completely sunny with a temperature of 4°C which isn't even all that cold for this time of the year.
EDIT
I have also noticed that a total of 1.6 hours of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 12 noon. This means that despite all of those completely sunless days up there, this month will now go down as being sunnier than average overall, regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month as the total amount of sunshine at that station so far during this month is already more than the 1981--2010 average.
EDIT NUMBER 2
No official ice day in Edinburgh after all, as the temperature at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh went up to 0.7°C at 1pm this afternoon..
Edited by user
24 December 2018 13:34:12
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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.