We have now just moved into the first day of the meteorological spring and yet just exactly a year ago at this very time, we were under a deep covering of snow and then on the very first day of the last meteorological spring, an official ice day was recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

That to date however, is still the last official ice day to be recorded at any of my three local stations as the winter which has just passed failed to deliver a single official ice day at any of my three local station.

Now, it is a completely different story going into this spring because unlike last year, we have already had quite a lot of spring-like weather with some parts of the UK having even already tasted a very early taste of summer.

There is no snow cover around this time and not even any frost. Instead of those things, we have just a bland and boring covering of cloud with the temperatures remaining fairly steady.

Since we are no longer officially in winter, I'm no longer bothered about the temperatures not dropping, but I would still rather see some variety in our weather, rather than the complete borefest which we are experiencing just now.

Meanwhile, the temperature at midnight was 5.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 6°C at Edinburgh Airport and 5.8°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

6C clear sky and calm.

Max yesterday 9.5c

Min overnight 6.0c

Cloudy.

8.2c

1018.4mb rising

Wind S slight breeze

Temp 5.4C

So what do we have? The most mind numbingly toxic and tedious tripe imaginable. Rank easterlies resulting in slate grey skies for the second day in a row and a range of 0.6C since midnight. So much for colder conditions, the minima have got even milder not dropping below 5.2C.

Just an endless cycle of complete and utter garbage.

Featureless overcast, W breeze, dry.

9.3*C after a minimum of 8.5*C at 1.45am.

86%RH; 1017.2mb rising.

There is still a lot of cloud around as this spring has started off on that same old boring and uninspiring note which we saw during most of that complete non-event which was known as our "winter", although a few small breaks have now started to appear in that cloud cover.

Having said that though, there will at least be no repeat this time of the official ice day which was recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank on this very same day during last year, although that is only because the last night of the winter took us into yet another frost-free hell after the temperatures had refused to drop, due to there being too much cloud around.

Last night's overnight temperature was 5.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 5°C at Edinburgh Airport and 5.3°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 8am this morning was 5.4°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 6°C at Edinburgh Airport and 5.5°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

0.2c Overnight low

7.7c 24 hr. high

0.2 mm 24hr. rainfall

1015 Mb. steady

Wind light SW

Cloudy/Hazy

Rather overcast - and damp after 1.8 mm of overnight rain. Also a more seasonal 8.9 c & 85% h but winds are dead calm at the moment.

The Sun broke through a lot more for a while and so, a total of exactly an hour of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 12 noon. That isn't very much, but it does mean that in terms of sunshine totals at least, we are now off the mark both for this month and for this spring.

However, that sunshine didn't last for long and it has now clouded over once again.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 12 noon was 8.7°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 8°C at Edinburgh Airport and 8.5°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

However, there has been no further additions to today's sunshine total since my last report so that a total of just exactly an hour of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 4pm this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 4pm this afternoon was 10.0°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 10°C at Edinburgh Airport and 8.9°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which is quite a massive change from that official ice day which was recorded on this very day during last year and since it is a bit cooler than recently (but slightly warmer than yesterday), that is also a lot more seasonal for this time of the year.

Still nothing very exciting happening here.

There was a bit of brightness towards the end of today but in the end, a total of just 1.1 hours of sunshine was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

At the moment, the sky appears to be fairly clear and the temperatures have been dropping away for a while as a result.

Today's maximum temperature was 10.0°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 10°C at Edinburgh Airport and 8.9°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 8pm this evening was 6.7°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 6°C at Edinburgh Airport and 5.0°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.