The hazy sun filtered by Canadian forest fire smoke. I think...

https://imgur.com/a/YfqGFs0 

We had had a deluge in the afternoon and I wanted to get out and about.

13.2C, cloudy with light SW winds.

15.3C mainly cloudy

A dull, overcast and increasingly damp day here in Edinburgh with the temperatures refusing to rise, and now at a really abysmal (for this time of the year) 13°C as this so-called "summer" continues to go completely down the toilet pan (for now at least) in this part of the world.😡

16.3C cloudy and calm.

This week's heat wave slow to get going

15.3C, cloudy with brisk SW breeze.

There's still a lot of cloud around but there are also plenty of sunny intervals as well.

Today is also warmer than yesterday, though still not massively warm for this time of year with a temperature of around 17°C here in Edinburgh. If the latest forecasts are correct though, everything should be much more seasonal for this time of the year by tomorrow with some forecasts suggesting that we might even get our first 20+°C maximum of the summer tomorrow in these parts, which would be gratefully welcomed here given the very disappointing start to our summer so far although only time will tell with that one of course.

Ozone Aurora wrote in last weeks current conditions thread (#27)

A review of the Canadian situation here

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/06/expect-a-long-summer-of-wildfire-smoke-for-north-america/ 

The humidity is already here with D.P close to 17C earlier today and still hovering around 16C as i type.

Top temperature 22C 

currently 20.5C

15.2C, a glorious start with a light F1 northerly. 

16.9C, misty low cloud, slowly lifting

As I write, the temperature needs to rise by quite a bit in order to reach that magic 20°C mark but with the very strong sunshine at this time of the year, that could well end up happening especially if we don't get any cooling breeze setting in from off the North Sea which could potentially scupper that.

The forecasts are very much touch and go with that though after being almost certain yesterday that we would get our first 20+°C maximum of this summer today. The Met Office are going for a maximum of around 20°C for here whereas the BBC are going for a maximum of only 19°C which would actually make today not any warmer than yesterday, thus going against other recent forecasts which have all said that today would be warmer. Both forecasts suggest that a cool breeze would set in from off the North Sea but both of these forecasts have suggested that this would already be happening as I write, but that is not the case and there are no signs of any breeze from off the North Sea just yet.

Lovely sunny day.

18.5c

Cloudy dull damp start  still 100 percent cloud cover at mid day and just 16 . Slow signs of brightening up. 

18c and overcast.

That big lump of cloud over the south east of England has proven very stubborn this morning. Looks like it is finally breaking up and drifting north now. Still cloudy here but at least it is brighter. 18.6C . 

After a beautiful almost calm sunny start it clouded over with a brisk ESE wind. A little calmer now and the sun is out again at about 21C.

As I write, today's highest temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank is 19.7°C which already makes today our warmest day of this summer so far but as forecast, a cooler breeze has started to come in from off the North Sea. Nevertheless, the temperatures have not yet peaked for today as I write and I reckon that by the time that the raw SYNOP/BUFR data comes through which includes today's actual maximum temperature, we will have done enough (if not more than that) to get that first 20+°C maximum of the summer in the bag for this year.

What I will say though. is that the sunshine has now become a bit hazier as a result of it becoming more humid.

Up to 24.0c now, been a bit of patchy high cloud, but generally very sunny. 

First warm day this month with 21.8C currently.

Sometimes cloud comes across and it feels like thundery showers might spring up, there's warm gusty winds too.

But nothing likely until later tomorrow in that department.

Today's maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank has been officially confirmed as 19.7°C which is no higher than the highest hourly temperature which I reported on here earlier on today, and this means that our wait for our first 20+°C maximum of this summer at Edinburgh Gogarbank now goes on for another day at least.

As is all too often the case at this time of the year, a developing and cooling breeze from off the North Sea has once again been the culprit for that. As I write though, a total of 12.1 hours of sunshine had been recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank for today so far as at 6:40 pm BST (17:40 UTC) with the Sun still continuing to shine as I write.

However, that sunshine is becoming a bit hazier now with a more humid feel to things as the temperature is still around 19°C here in Edinburgh. However, Jerry in the south of Edinburgh will no doubt be pleased to hear that the temperature at his local weather station at Swanston is currently at 21.1°C as a result of it being that bit warmer away from the coast in these conditions, so I can at least unofficially say that Edinburgh has had its first 20+°C maximum of the summer today. Just to show much much cooler it can be closer to the east coast with that breeze from off the North Sea though, I can also report that the temperature at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has currently been pegged back at just 16.0°C.

Thanks John. I'm in the Yorkshire Dales where we reached 25 C today and it's still 21 C at 2030! A lovely warm day and evening