The Sun is still shining here in Edinburgh as I write and a total of 4.3 hours of sunshine has now been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank, as at 4pm this afternoon. This means that we have now had more sunshine during this month than the 1981-2010 February average for that station which means that whatever happens between now and the end of this month, this month was now go down as being sunnier than average overall.
There is some high cloud around, but the skies are still mostly clear. At the same time, it has been an exceptionally warm day here which means that today can't be all that far away from being our warmest February day on record here in Edinburgh, especially at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which has recorded the highest temperatures out of all of my three local stations.
Today's all important maximum temperature was 14.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 14°C at Edinburgh Airport and 15.2°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 4pm this afternoon was 12.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 12°C at Edinburgh Airport and 12.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
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.