You must be looking at the wrong data then. In contrast to Edinburgh, Aberdeen has had a dreadful July. One of the most hellishly overcast months I've ever experienced.
Here's some data:
Sunshine hours up to yesterday: 149.8 hours making it the dullest July since 2016. That was despite 7 days with 12 hours+ so you can imagine how horrendous the rest of the month was. By contrast Swanston had a well above average 204.7 hours
Only 4 out of the last 15 July's here have managed average sunshine. I'd be surprised if there was anywhere else in the country with such an appalling record.
Only 14 days in this disgusting July recorded at least 3 hours sunshine which is horrific for a summer month and worse than July 2012 in which 16 days had at least 3 hours
All of the following winter months recorded more than 14 days with at least 3 hours sunshine:
January 2015 (20)
February 2020 (20)
December 2006 (19)
January 2012 (19)
December 2014 (18)
February 2008 (17)
February 2016 (17)
February 2019 (17)
February 2015 (16)
February 2018 (16)
January 2020 (15)
There are just no words for how ridiculous this is
Today is the 5th in a row of virtual wall to wall overcast. There's been 3.5 hours of sun in the past 5 days. This follows on from only 4.4 hours in a week earlier in the month. Another two days of this garbage will make two separate weeks with under 10 hours sun this summer. I have only recorded that in two other summers - 2007 and 2012.
That just says it all but apparantly I'm supposed to see positives in our summer weather becoming more like the Faeroes
First of all, I am not looking at the wrong data and secondly, there is a lot more which makes up a decent summer other than just the sunshine totals and you haven't gone into any of those other factors here.
I do agree with you with having above average sunshine totals is one of the factors which makes up a decent summer, but we also need to look at the temperatures and the rainfall totals as well, and neither of those things have been dealt with here.
To me, the other factors which make up a decent summer overall is that it should be drier than average overall, and warmer than average overall. Earlier on today on this month's PW thread, Doctormog more or less confirmed that this has been a drier than average month in his part of Aberdeen (he didn't specifically say that, but the figure which gave for this month shows that this is likely to have been a drier than average month there).
In addition to that, just about all of Scotland had an exceptionally dry June, so it is very likely that the summer as a whole has been drier than average overall where you are. This therefore, means that at least one of the tests for a decent summer has been passed already as a result.
In addition to that, it wasn't all that long ago that Aberdeen had a temperature of 28°C which is over 80°F. Here in Edinburgh on the other hand, this year is on course to be the first year since 2016 where the temperature has failed to reach 80°F at any point in time. I have no doubt that if you were here in Edinburgh, you would be pointing that out all the time and trying to use that as a means to convince everyone that this has been a poor summer overall.
That is not how I work though because I know that even with that, this month has still been warmer than average anyway. I would imagine that it has been a similar story in Aberdeen and we must also remember that June was also a warmer than average month across Scotland. This means that the summer as a whole has been warmer than average which therefore passes yet another criteria for this summer being a decent summer.
Even when it comes to sunshine totals, you have failed to mention that June was actually one of the sunniest Junes on record in Aberdeen as confirmed by many other members of this forum. This means that regardless of whether this month was sunnier than average or not up there (and I will accept your word on that one), this summer can't possibly be anything other than sunnier than average overall, so even criteria for a decent summer has been passed as well.
When you take all of the above into consideration, I really don't understand how you can possibly claim that this hasn't been a decent summer overall where you are.
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.