There was a cloudy period during the middle of the day, but it wasn't long afterwards that the skies cleared once again to leave us with a sunny afternoon so in the end, a total of 5.8 hours of sunshine was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank.
As I write, we have a mixture of some cloud with some clear breaks in amongst that, but it is also windy with the wind at Edinburgh Gogarbank gusting up to 33.6mph from the SSW at 8pm this evening.
Today's maximum temperature was 12.3°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 13°C at Edinburgh Airport and 12.6°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 8pm this evening was 9.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 9°C at Edinburgh Airport and 8.6°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.