Summer quit at the end of july in edinburgh
charts speaks from themselves, the sun packed its bags in the middle of july and went elsewhere (did return at the end of july for a look about but left again)
https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&WMO=03166&ART=SON&CONT=ukuk&R=310&LEVEL=150®ION=0003&LAND=UK&NOREGION=0&MOD=&TMX=&TMN=&SON=&PRE=&MONAT=&OFFS=&SORT=&MM=08&YY=2018&WEEK=12
Temperature wise, all of july was hot, but august has cooled down to june temperatures, but without the sun so it feels a lot colder - certainly a lot wetter too, what was all that chat about droughts again?
https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&WMO=03166&ART=MAX&CONT=ukuk&R=310&LEVEL=150®ION=0003&LAND=UK&NOREGION=0&MOD=&TMX=&TMN=&SON=&PRE=&MONAT=&OFFS=&SORT=&MM=08&YY=2018&WEEK=12
https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&WMO=03166&ART=PRE&CONT=ukuk&R=310&LEVEL=150®ION=0003&LAND=UK&NOREGION=0&MOD=&TMX=&TMN=&SON=&PRE=&MONAT=&OFFS=&SORT=&MM=08&YY=2018&WEEK=12
I agree that data never lies, and that is why I also use data quite a lot to back up what I say as well.
On that note, I can say that you're right enough as far as sunshine is concerned because this month has been abysmally duller than average at Edinburgh Gogarbank where as at 3pm this afternoon, we have had 46.9% of the 1981-2010 August average for the amount of sunshine during this month so far. This in turn is now also making the whole of this summer slightly duller than average overall just now despite the fact that June and July were much sunnier than average (we currently need another 14.7 hours of sunshine between now and the end of this month in order for this summer to be summer than average overall) although with today being fairly sunny in addition to a fairly sunny day being forecast for tomorrow, I think that this summer will still end up being slightly sunnier than average in the end.
As for the temperatures, this month has been slightly warmer than average overall at all three of my local stations so far with an overall average anomaly of +0.2°C at both Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. However, the maximum temperatures during this month have been cooler than average here overall with an anomaly of -0.9°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank and -0.4°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. However, this has not been enough for it to have been anything other than warmer than average across the board during the summer as a whole.
As for rainfall, a total of 49.0 mm of rain has fallen during this month so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank. The 1981-2010 August average for that station is 67.8 mm and we only have a week to go until the end of the month. This means that it is looking likely that although this month has been wetter than the other summer months, this month is still looking likely to end up being slightly drier than average overall at Edinburgh Gogarbank. Having said that though, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh have been wetter than Edinburgh Gogarbank to the point where this month is already going to officially go down as a wetter than average month there.
As for the summer as a whole though, this has not been anywhere near enough to make up the overall deficit as just 76.0% of the 1981-2010 average rainfall has fallen during this summer so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank, along with 78.4% at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. Because of that, I don't think that we can completely dismiss all talks of a potential drought just because of what has happened during this month. We have been in an official absolute drought on a couple of occasions during this summer and if we were to then go on to experience what would then end up being our third drier than average winter in a row, I fear that those talks of a possible drought could well end up surfacing yet again.
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.