Clear and rather chilly.

In the end, a total of 1.6 mm of rain fell at Edinburgh Gogarbank during yesterday, along with 1.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as a result of some heavy showers during the afternoon and evening.

Meanwhile, the temperature at midnight was 10.0°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 9°C at Edinburgh Airport and 10.3°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Will do my summer stats soon.

Sunny.

10.2c

1014.6mb rising

Wind NNW light breeze

Temp 9.1C

Max yesterday 19.8c

Overnight Min 9.2c

Clear and cool. 

10.3c following a low of 9.9c.

For once, we actually have a nice, bright and sunny morning which only rarely ever happens here these days. The end result of this is that a total of half an hour of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 8am this morning.

However, the mornings are now drawing in and the fact that the sunshine total is so low for such a sunny morning shows that up really nicely now. What this is showing that we are not likely to get any more recorded sunshine now before 7am on any given day before the end of this year.

With the current rate at which the mornings are now drawing in, it is unlikely to be all that long before it becomes no longer possible to get any recorded sunshine before 8am either and when that happens, I really will be in my winter mode when it comes to reporting these things.

In addition to that, there are a few clouds which are beginning to build up as I write, so it is still by no means guaranteed that we will get any sort of decent sunshine total for today.

Last night's overnight minimum temperature was 9.5°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 9°C at Edinburgh Airport and 10.0°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, so last night was cooler than what it has been for quite a while.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 8am this morning was 10.6°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 10°C at Edinburgh Airport and 11.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Showers and a few sunny intervals.

Temp 12.2C

Overnight low 10.5C

Rain 2.9mm

RH 87%

Pressure 1012mb

Fell down to 11 C at 6 am, currently 23 C in my west-facing room (being in the shade in the morning) but it is fine and sunny here at this end of Kent at the moment.

Spring has arrived early.

Lowest 10.8 c.    Now 16.2c. Humidity 52% rh. Cloudy with sunshine. 

999.4 hPa. Westerly Breeze 5 mph.

18.3c. Humidity 53%rh Broken cloud with some sun

998.8 hPa Westerly breeze 10 mph. Showers likely .

Meanwhile, the temperature at 12 noon was 14.2°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 15°C at Edinburgh Airport and 14.9°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Frequent showers and sunny spells.

Temperature fluctuating between 14c in the sunshine and 11c in the showers. So very cool for the time of year.

Currenly 11.9c, just had another torrential downpour with some hail.   Summer is long gone here...

4pm on Friday before August Bank Holiday and it's 9C 8.4C with pokey but brief showers driving through.

Frequent rain/hail showers, some thundery and temp. at just 11.5 C!

Overcast. Rain Stopped. Humidity 80% rh  Temperature 13.3c. 

996.7 hPa.   Breeze 11 mph Westerly.

Most of this afternoon has seen a continuation of the theme of some cloud around, but also some decent sunny spells with a total of 6.9 hours of sunshine having been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 5pm this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the shower of rain which we had at lunchtime resulted in just 0.2 mm of rain being recorded at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, but nothing at all at Edinburgh Gogarbank which is where all of the action needs to be happening if this month is to be going down as anything other than drier than average there overall.

In the last wee while, we have had quite a heavy shower which has just come down from the north, and it looks as though this one will probably result in a bigger total at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh than the one which we had at lunchtime.

However, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are already going to be wetter than average during this month regardless of what happens from now on, so we don't need any more rain there for just now. This further adds to the fact that is really Edinburgh Gogarbank which needs to be getting that rain now and yet, the latest radar map shows that this shower of rain appears to be going nowhere near there, which is therefore likely to result in nothing being recorded there in the way of rainfall yet again.

I can also add that although today has been disappointingly cool for this time of year once again, it appears as though the forecasts have actually been over-pessimistic with their predictions for today's maximum temperatures in this part of the world. In fact, today has actually been slightly warmer than yesterday and so, the temperature at 5pm this afternoon was 15.0°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 15°C at Edinburgh Airport and 15.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

31c with a breeze. Cloudless sky. Beautiful. 

But I'm in Lanzarote.  

Perfect. 

The end result of this is that in the end, a total of 8.6 hours of sunshine was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank. This makes today, the second sunniest day of this month so far and the sunniest day which we've had since 9 August which is a couple of weeks ago. It was also just as well that I decided not to bring forward this post by an hour until the beginning of September since 6 minutes of today's sunshine total did come after 8pm, although this is now unlikely to be possible for much longer.

This evening's heavy rain did eventually reach the vicinity of Edinburgh Gogarbank and so, this has resulted in a total of 1.8 mm of rain being recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 9pm this evening, along with 3.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. This means that today will now, go down as yet another official rain day at both of those stations.

Today's maximum temperature was 15.0°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 15°C at Edinburgh Airport and 15.5°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. For all three of these stations, that is very poor once again for time of year, although today was slightly warmer than yesterday.

However, the temperature has dropped by quite a lot during the last hour or so, and it is actually rather chilly now. With that in mind, the temperature at 9pm this evening was now down to 10.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 11°C at Edinburgh Airport and just 9.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.