A chilly-feeling 3.9 C & high-80% H under light east breeze. 

Dull, no sun. Calm. 4-7 C temperature range

Life under the Christmas 'High' 🎅

A completely different story though down here in the Borders where today was mostly sunny and it was a really nice day for going for my Boxing Day walk although there was more in the way of cloud later on.

Currently around 3°C here in Hawick.

The trees in the big bay windows up here looked good though  

That difference is clearly being reflected in the temperatures as the temperature up in Edinburgh under those dark and gloomy skies earlier on are still at 6°C whereas with those much clearer and sunnier skies down here in the Borders earlier on, the temperature is only around 4°C.

As I write though, the temperatures are now refusing to drop as a result of there now being too much cloud around even here.😡

The low and current temp is -1.6c

It is too soon to say Spring has arrived? Might be wishful thinking on my part, especially as it is looking like the North Sea gunk isn't too far away.

Sadly, those rather dank conditions have clearly spread southwards from there because in complete contrast to yesterday’s lovely sunshine, this morning is starting off on a rather dark, gloomy and overcast note here in the Borders with even some dampness about as well.

Meanwhile, our frost-free horror show goes on with a temperature of around 5°C here in Hawick.

Could do with some sunshine after 3 gloomy days 

It has been better inland (and colder with both Balmoral and Aviemore having ice days on Christmas Day).

Ditto for here in Hawick now with a temperature of around 6°C.

 However, the fact that an official rain day can still be recorded even under high pressure shows just how crazy and mixed up our weather can be at times, especially since there has been many times in the past when we’ve struggled to get much in the way of rainfall even under low pressure.