Milder than of late with the snow disappearing even from the Pentland Hills, so no frost this time. A few clear spells, but also a good deal of cloud and windy with that as well. There are also a few light showers around as well.
Overnight minimum temperatures were 0.8°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 0°C at Edinburgh Airport and 0.7°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh with those minimum temperatures all occurring during yesterday afternoon.
With that said, the latest official data which I have just now is as follows:
THE BOTANIC GARDENS, EDINBURGH (AS AT 8am)
Temperature: 5.6°C
Dew Point: 3.2°C
Relative Humidity: 88.0%
Average Temperature For January 2018: 3.0°C
Anomaly: -1.2 (set against 1981-2010 average)
EDINBURGH GOGARBANK (AS AT 8am)
Temperature: 5.2°C
Dew Point: 3.0°C
Relative Humidity: 89.0%
Wind: SW at 13.0mph
Pressure: 1,001.6mb, rising
Visibility: 13.7 miles
Average Temperature For January 2018: 2.7°C
Anomaly: -1.2 (set against 1981-2010 average)
EDINBURGH AIRPORT (AS AT 8:30am)
Temperature: 5°C
Dew Point: 2°C
Relative Humidity: 85.0%
Wind: SW at 22mph
Pressure: 1,002mb, rising
Visibility: At least 6.2 miles
Average Temperature For January 2018: 2.5°C
Anomaly: -1.4 (set against 1981-2010 average for Edinburgh Gogarbank)
Temperatures and dew points at Edinburgh Airport are measured only to the nearest 1°C instead of the nearest 0.1°C.
Pressure at Edinburgh Airport is measured to the nearest 1mb instead of the nearest 0.1mb.
All Data for Edinburgh Airport is taken from weatheronline.co.uk whereas all other data is taken from weathercast.co.uk.
Since the Met Office doesn't hold any climatological data for Edinburgh Airport, the 1981-2010 averages for Edinburgh Gogarbank are used for that station due to its very close proximity.
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.