An almost completely sunny end to today means that in the end, a total of 8.9 hours of sunshine was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank. This makes today the sunniest day of this winter so far and the sunniest day of this year so far, as well as the sunniest day of this month.
Today's maximum temperature was 14.9°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 15°C at Edinburgh Airport and 15.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
However, the temperatures are now falling away under clear skies and so, the temperature at 8pm this evening was 7.9°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 7°C at Edinburgh Airport and 7.4°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.