For moment at least, the rain from earlier on appears to have cleared away although it remains rather overcast.

In the end though, the rather impressive total of 14.8 mm of rain fell during yesterday in the end at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 12.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. This makes yesterday, the wettest day of this year so far by quite a considerable amount at both of those stations.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 1am this morning was 5.5°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 5°C at Edinburgh Airport and 5.4°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Wind NNE gale force

Temp 5.1C

Max yesterday 12.3c

Overnight Min 4.2c

A clear and sunny start to the day. 5.8c in a moderate westerly breeze. 

This morning has started off on another wet and miserable note here in Edinburgh and as I write, it is raining yet again.

It's not quite as wet as it was at this time yesterday but nevertheless, this has still resulted in a total of 3.4 mm of rain being recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 8am this morning along with 3.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which means that today will now go down as yet another official rain day at both of those stations.

Last night's overnight minimum temperature was 4.7°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 5°C at Edinburgh Airport and 4.8°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 8am this morning was 5.7°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 6°C at Edinburgh Airport and 6.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Just plain miserable and depressing - the kind of day you do not want to step out into.

Broken low cloud blowing across the sky in a brisk and blustery W wind; dry.

9.5*C after a minimum of 5.8*C at 6.30am.

71%RH; 989.7mb steady after rising since midnight.

Blustery Broken Cloud. Some sun at times

10.7c. Humidity 61% Rh

993 hPa WSW Breeze 21.3 mph.

A very wet start to the day with continuous rain.

Temp 6.7C

Overnight low 5.7C

Rain since around 7am - 8.5mm

Pressure 983mb steady.

The rain has eased off for now, but we remain under constant grey skies and a dull and overcast nothingness and the result of this is that nothing in the way of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 12 noon.

The rain which we have had this morning as now increased today's rainfall totals so far as at 12 noon to 4.8 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 5.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 12 noon was 7.3°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 8°C at Edinburgh Airport and 7.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Apart from a sharp shower at around noon time, today is turning out to be a generally cheerful enough fair ol' day with some sunny breaks. Even the brisk westerly breeze is doing an excellent job in drying things up quickly, aside from making the current 10.7 c & 74% h feel cool & fresh.

Could do a lot worse, considering.

Apart from that though, the weather has been slowly improving as the afternoon went on as the clouds gradually thinned a bit, and started to eventually allow the Sun to be seen through them. That has led us to the point where the Sun is now shining as I write and as a result of that, a total of 6 minutes of sunshine has now been recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 4pm this afternoon which means that we have at least managed to avoid having to experience back to back completely sunless days on this occasion.

Today's maximum temperature was 7.9°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 8°C at Edinburgh Airport and 8.1°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 4pm this afternoon was 7.5°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 8°C at Edinburgh Airport and 7.9°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

5.2c Today's high

2.8c Today's low

997 Mb. rising rapidly

Wind 7 mph N (High 33)

7.0 mm rainfall

Driech day

There is still a lot of cloud around, but tonight's conditions are a massive improvement on what we have seen on other recent nights and since there are also some clear spells at times now, the temperatures are also falling away.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 8pm this evening was 4.8°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 5°C at Edinburgh Airport and 4.8°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.