More or less clear and not as fresh as yesterday at 9C under a light NE wind.

However, this continues to be a year in which the Sun just won't stop shining and that was shown yesterday as a total of 8.7 hours of sunshine was recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank to make yesterday our sunniest day of this autumn so far.

In addition to that, today is also starting off on yet another bright and sunny note as it usually always does now.

Furthermore, yesterday's maximum temperature was back up to 16.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank so the daytime temperatures also appear to be warming up again as well.

We did get a more unsettled spell earlier on this month but apart from that, nothing has really changed here since the spring and summer, and the only reason why it's not getting as warm now as it was in the summer is because we're now in a different time of the year with the Sun now no longer being as strong.

This is showing us yet again that we just don't get changeable weather any more like what we used to and that is even shown up very well by the fact that the soil is still rock hard here despite the rainfall which we had earlier on in the month because that has still not been enough to moisten the ground properly for any length of time, so the ongoing lack of rainfall which has been going on for a very long time now is still continuing to have its effects here.

My question now, is when on Earth is this all going to end!?

10.2C clear and sunny here but some quite heavy cloud off to the SE

Just unlucky? Quite local on the MetO rainfall radar which shows showers drifting inland on a NE'ly

Being a better day with more in the way of brightness despite a fair amount of cloud cover. Helping to dry things up after 12.6 mm of rain in total has fallen yesterday and into last night.

A comfortable enough 16.0 C & mid-60% H as winds continue to be mod NE breeze.

7.8C. Calmer than yesterday and a tad fresher under light NE airs. Clear too.

The unlucky bit it the lid was on the water butt! 🙄

9.7C, broken cloud drifting westwards, lots of contrails earlier

Throughout yesterday, we eventually saw more in the way of cloud and so a total of only 4.6 hours of sunshine was recorded for yesterday at Edinburgh Gogarbank where yesterday's maximum temperature was slightly cooler than the previous day at 15.4°C.

However, this still means that a total of only at least 15.9 hours of sunshine now needs to be recorded in the last 6 days of this month (including today) in order for this month to go down as being sunnier than average yet again and in this year in which the Sun just won't stop shining, that is clearly a dead cert.

With a lot more cloud around though, last night was much milder than of late with the temperature only dropping to a minimum of 9.0°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

This morning has now started off with more in the way of cloud than of late but even with that, we're still seeing some decent sunny spells at times as is always the case now.

Currently around 11°C here in Edinburgh

Another ground frost at +0.4C with fog puddles - but just a few yards down the road in valley bottom was -1

This means that in this year in which the Sun just won't stop shining, only at least another 5.9 hours of sunshine needs to be recorded in the last 5 days of this month in order for this month to go down as being sunnier than average once again and that will no doubt probably be achieved tomorrow with 4 days to spare.

In addition to that, today was also warmer than of late once again so even in terms of the temperatures, we're almost now back to where we were back in the summer which is once again showing us that virtually nothing has really changed since then, thus showing yet again that we just don't get changeable weather any more like what we used to.

Currently around 11°C here in Edinburgh

By contrast, and not so far away, the cloud has spread in from the east; it's overcast at 11.1C

There is some cloud to my east which has prevent me from being able to get any view of this morning's sunrise but the skies are clear apart from that and there will no doubt be the usual sunshine very soon in this year in which the Sun just won't stop shining.

Currently around 5°C here in Edinburgh although it will no doubt warm up quite a lot later on as it always does,

However, there has also been a lot more cloud around especially later on this afternoon and evening, so a total of only 4.7 hours of sunshine was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank. This means that a total of at least another 1.2 hours of sunshine still needs to be recorded between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being sunnier than average. However, there are still another 4 days left of this month, so I'm still expecting that target to be comfortably met and probably as early as tomorrow.

As I write, the temperature's aren't dropping very quickly which means that the temperature here in Edinburgh is still around 14°C as I write.

Last night was much milder than of late with the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank dropping to an overnight minimum of no lower than 11.3°C with the return to double figures minimums once again!!

Currently around 12°C here in Edinburgh

There was just a few glimpses of the Sun this morning and in the earlier part of today which means that a total of just 0.3 hours of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank which looks like being today's final total.

This leaves us still needing at least another 0.8 hours of sunshine between now and the end of the month in order for this month to go down as being sunnier than average and we are very much struggling to get over that finishing line much more than I was expecting. However, there are still three days left of this month after today and with tomorrow being forecast to be sunnier once again, I'm sure that this target will still be comfortably met in the end.

Currently around 13°C here in Edinburgh after a maximum of just over 15°C