This afternoon has been almost completely sunny and so a total of 6.6 hours of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 4pm this afternoon. This makes today, our sunniest day of this winter so far, but clouds have started to build up a bit more over the last wee while.
Today's maximum temperature was 4.8°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 5°C at Edinburgh Airport and 5.4°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh so once again, it isn't even the least bit cold for this time of the year.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 4pm this afternoon was 3.3°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 3°C at Edinburgh Airport and 3.3°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.