This afternoon was much brighter than this morning and in the end, a total of 1.7 hours of sunshine was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank. This now leaves us needing a total of at least 3.3 hours of sunshine between now and the end of this month, in order for this month to down as being sunnier than average overall.
In the end, today wasn't the least bit cold for this time of the year and although the pavements did start to freeze over as the temperatures started to drop after sunset, that is not likely to happen for long as it has now started to cloud over from the west once again with the latest forecasts being for normal service for this winter to be resumed later on tonight with a return to milder temperatures.
With that in mind, I will only state what today's maximum temperature has been so far because once that milder air arrive, the temperature might then rise to above that maximum value before midnight.
Anyway, that maximum temperature so far is 4.6°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 4°C at Edinburgh Airport and 4.4°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 5pm this afternoon was 2.2°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 1°C at Edinburgh Airport and 1.2°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.