After a cold and frosty night where so much frost had built up that you would almost have thought that it had been snowing, the Sun is now shining here in Edinburgh as I write with barely a single cloud to be seen anywhere.
Last night's overnight minimum temperature was -4.2°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, -6°C at Edinburgh Airport and -4.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh where last night was the coldest night night of this winter so far.
So far, this has been a much better month for official air frosts than what December was and if we get that cold end to this month which the models are pointing towards, the number of official air frosts during this month could yet end up being above the 1981-2010 average for that (we only need to record another 2 more days with an official air frost between now and the end of this month for that to happen to Edinburgh Gogarbank, and one more day with an official air frost during that time for that to happen at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh). For what has been a very poor winter here until now in every other way, that isn't too bad at all.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 9am this morning was -3.4°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, -4°C at Edinburgh Airport and -4.0°C at the botanic gardens.
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.