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johncs2016
09 January 2026 23:37:53

We had another 5 inches of fresh snow today between 11 and 6 pm. Been dry since with temperature holding between -2.1C and -1.6C. 

I'm nervously looking at the radar to see if we get any more snow overnight. Hoping to dig my car out in the morning and get out of the street to drive down to Edinburgh for the Hibs game. Any more snow overnight and I think I'm goosed. 

Originally Posted by: Arbroath 1320 

It’s great to know someone on this forum who actually supports a decent football team (the same team as me).

On a more serious note though, I have looked at the latest radar map which is showing that just about all of the precipitation to the north of the Central Belt is still falling as snow, but I hope that you will still be able to get the car out for that journey anyway..

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.

Roger Parsons
10 January 2026 04:54:58
Light snow on a skylight at 4am. 
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10 January 2026 07:46:50
Clear, sunny, light frost

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10 January 2026 08:09:58
Calm and clear with frost. 0C.
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Crepuscular Ray
10 January 2026 08:29:59
Sheet ice here after last night's rain at 0 C. Treacherous out there. Still 0 C. My car is encased in ice!

Still a bit of frozen snow left

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

Roger Parsons
10 January 2026 09:06:00
9am, Bright and clear with very light snowfall in progress. Grass and pavements with a light cover, say 1-2mm, crunchy just now, so passable.

11.15hrs - Sunny now and a thaw in progress.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

carla
10 January 2026 09:30:26
1°c light to moderate snow for the past few hours leaving all surfaces covered 

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Arbroath 1320
10 January 2026 12:03:30

It’s great to know someone on this forum who actually supports a decent football team (the same team as me).

On a more serious note though, I have looked at the latest radar map which is showing that just about all of the precipitation to the north of the Central Belt is still falling as snow, but I hope that you will still be able to get the car out for that journey anyway..

Originally Posted by: johncs2016 

Likewise John. Managed to get car dug out and got out the street ok. -1C when I left with about a foot of snow lying. 

Down in Edinburgh now. Quite a bit of ice around and a light dusting of snow. A different world!

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idj20
10 January 2026 13:14:20
Fair with sunny spells and partial cloud, still chilly at 4 C but felt the aprcity of the low noon sun when getting the papers.

A vast improvement, yesterday was horrid with sea surge overnight and then 36 mm of rain (which turned sleety for half an hour) during the day. Lucky my house sits on a mound on an incline 100 metres away from the sea so flooding isn't an issue but it was a bleak day in every sense of the word, now officially bored of this Autumn. 

Home location: Folkestone Harbour.
johncs2016
10 January 2026 13:30:48

Likewise John. Managed to get car dug out and got out the street ok. -1C when I left with about a foot of snow lying. 

Down in Edinburgh now. Quite a bit of ice around and a light dusting of snow. A different world!

Originally Posted by: Arbroath 1320 

A number of matches down in the lower divisions in Scotland have even been postponed because of the weather, so that should tell you a lot about what the weather is like elsewhere.

Here in Edinburgh, I can still see some snow on the Pentland Hills to my south and it has now clouded over a bit after some earlier sunshine but the temperature is now up to around 5°C so it's not even all that cold here anymore.😡

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.

fairweather
10 January 2026 16:48:24
Some very cold air being dragged in from the Denmark direction this afternoon. Max to day was just 2.9C and has steadily fallen during the afternoon to be 1.5C at dusk. In fact it has been one of the coldest days of the whole spell, just when it's too late.
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johncs2016
10 January 2026 20:23:50
Today's maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was 4.9°C which means that today actually came very close to being our warmest day of this year so far just to show how cold this month has been so far.

However, it has now clouded over and the temperatures are already refusing to drop, currently remaining stuck at around 4°C here in Edinburgh. This means that despite what the official forecasts are saying and with those sorts of temperatures, we can clearly already forget about seeing any snow in the early hours of tomorrow morning ahead of the forecast milder weather.

Winter is over!!😡

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.

Crepuscular Ray
10 January 2026 21:56:08
England is mostly below freezing, Scotland is well above! Yet the snow warnings are mostly up here??? It's going to be a big fail like yesterday evening! It's 4 C and the precipitation is nearly here 🤔
Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

Rob K
10 January 2026 22:39:26
Quite a bit colder than expected today. Currently -3.6 at Farnborough. I did my first parkrun this morning and it was certainly “parky”!

This time tomorrow it will be double figures. 

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Retron
11 January 2026 03:38:58
The last frost for what could be quite a long time! -2.9 (dew -3.7), partly cloudy, clear. Yesterday's high was 3.3 - tomorrow should be 8 or more degrees higher!
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Crepuscular Ray
11 January 2026 07:05:15
A complete forecasting fail once more. They are becoming more common! 4 C when I went to bed last night and still 4 C when I woke up. We have lashing rain here in the 'Yellow snow & ice warning area'

Further north in the 'Amber snow warning area' it's +2 C 🤔

I'm glad to see the back of the frustrating cold spell that promised so much and delivered so little to the Central Belt

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

Roger Parsons
11 January 2026 09:21:20
I've been down our lane to open up the Church and also to put on the Methodists' boiler for their service today - making myself useful. 9am. It seemed mighty cold with a bit of a wind too. It has the look of snow, but no sign of that yet. The road and pavement were a bit icy. A delivery person had dumped a parcel at the door of the boiler room. That's up a blind alley that goes nowhere.  I shall drop it off to the owner later - I wonder how long it had been there. Weeks perhaps? 🙄

A virtual walk round Bardney.

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West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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11 January 2026 09:30:15
7.7C with a fresh southerly wind. Cloudy. It's noticeable how the evenings are lighter than before Christmas. I could still see some brightness to the west yesterday at 5.45pm.  Still gloomy to wake up to. 
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South Dorset

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johncs2016
11 January 2026 10:16:40
A dull, dark and gloomy start to today with light to moderate rain.

However, today is also already our warmest day of this year so far (it is also forecast to get even warmer than that) with the temperature currently at around 6°C here in Edinburgh. That has also given us our first temperature of the year, of 5°C or above.

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.

noodle doodle
11 January 2026 12:06:01

A complete forecasting fail once more. They are becoming more common! 4 C when I went to bed last night and still 4 C when I woke up. We have lashing rain here in the 'Yellow snow & ice warning area'

Further north in the 'Amber snow warning area' it's +2 C 🤔

I'm glad to see the back of the frustrating cold spell that promised so much and delivered so little to the Central Belt

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray 

They sneaked in a yellow wind warning too, and it's the wind that's notable today. Things blown and branches down all over the garden, maybe because the wind is coming from a different angle ev n though it's not that strong 

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11 January 2026 12:38:54
We have warning for snow but the wind has been gusting over 60mph even a few minutes ago it has been hellish at times this morning with dry blowing snow turning slowly to sleet.
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johncs2016
11 January 2026 16:31:19
A complete write-off of a day here in Edinburgh as it has been raining for most of the day. We are now entering into a gap in that wet weather but the wind has picked up quite a lot in the last few hours with gusts up to around 43 mph from the south at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

However, the temperature here in Edinburgh is now up to 9°C which isn't even the least bit cold any more.😡

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.

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11 January 2026 18:15:48

A complete write-off of a day here in Edinburgh as it has been raining for most of the day. We are now entering into a gap in that wet weather but the wind has picked up quite a lot in the last few hours with gusts up to around 43 mph from the south at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

However, the temperature here in Edinburgh is now up to 9°C which isn't even the least bit cold any more.😡

Originally Posted by: johncs2016 

A bit overdue for starting a new thread. Since people have been busy posting today, I've re-labelled the thread to the 11th though its still contains the posts from the 4th. Moving posts one by one is tedious. 

Apologies, hope you can live with it!

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11 January 2026 18:18:57
Some rain, but blowing hard and feeling colder on account of windchill than it did yesterday when it was freezing but calm.
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Chichester 12m asl

idj20
11 January 2026 21:21:34
Can hear that obligatory dirty in-your-face southerly wind whistling over the roof of my house, but thankfully not amounting to much rain-wise at 1.2 mm so far today. Making the current 6.4 C feel cold than it needs to be, just as well I'm all warm and cosy indoors with heating on. 
Home location: Folkestone Harbour.

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