Normally, I would finish these reports by giving the current temperature here in Edinburgh but on this occasion, I'm going to start with that as the temperature here in Edinburgh is currently around -1°C.
That in itself is nothing special because with that, I would just normally say that an official air frost has been recorded but whilst that is true, we actually had more than that yesterday as the latest temperature also confirms that our first official ice day at Edinburgh Gogarbank since 13 December 2022 has just been recorded for yesterday which was also our coldest day since then and this means that yesterday is probably now looking likely to go down as our coldest day of this year in the final statistics for the whole of 2024.
However, last night wasn't as cold as the previous night as the overnight minimum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was only down to -2.4°C with much less in the way of actual visible frost on this occasion than was the case yesterday although there is still some frost around. You could therefore say that last night was very much like the winter opposite of a day in summer which is a bit cooler and fresher than the previous day with the temperatures reaching the low 20s instead of the upper 20s.
Apart from that, there is still some cloud around this morning but today has started off on a much brighter note than yesterday with some decent spells of sunshine. With that though, today isn't expected to be quite as cold as yesterday so I'm not expecting another ice day today.
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12 December 2024 09:34:52
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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.