https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/maps/index#coords=4/52.77/-4.93&map=satellite~sat~none~none~none 

What wonderful imagery - that site beats sat24 into a cocked hat. I'll bookmark that for future use!

(Meanwhile the dewpoint continues to rise here and I'm glad it takes a while for that muggy air to filter indoors. It's now 19.3, dew 17.8, which feels very oppressive. It's worth mentioning that in the "good old days", i.e. before about 2015, dewpoints only rarely exceeded 18C here!)

Extremely dull here, even by mid-winter standards, but this is keeping a cap on temps (still hovering around 16c) but humidity is through the roof. Davis showing 92% (which it never passes) while two outside Govee thermos showing 95% plus. 

Light wind vaguely in NW and humidity only 55%

You'll be grateful for that cloud, at this time of year the sun is so strong it heats up very quickly indeed.

Talking of which, 22.2, dew 19.0 - and when I went out just now I noticed the builders down the road are operating shirtless...

As I write, it's still not even midday just yet but the temperature here in Edinburgh is already up to around 22°C which already makes today our warmest day since 1 June and our second warmest day of this summer so far.

In addition to that, this is also the first occasion since 1 June that our temperature here in Edinburgh has exceeded 70°F.

Sadly though, it's now clouded over yet again after that sunny period which probably made it feel even hotter than it actually is.

Given that we've only just passed the summer solstice a few days ago, I was hoping that this much better spell of weather might bring about our sunniest day of the year as that would have been something which probably would never be likely to be beaten throughout the rest of the year due to the fact that daylight length is now starting to decrease once again. Sadly though, that's not likely to happen today.

In addition to that, a breeze has also picked up once again after the wind had completely died away altogether during last night.

24C 

Dp. 16C

Gentle sea breeze blowing.

Gorgeous summers day (again)

It's been 23C since around 10 AM, having peaked at 24.2 just before the breeze kicked in. As is usual, the humidity has dropped a little into the afternoon - the dew point is now 16.3.

Temperatures upstairs have fallen from 30C to 28C - it's still going to be another crud night's sleep to come!

A thermometer on the north facing wall shows 25.7C and it feels pleasant.

For our highest temperature of this year so far, we only need to beat 23.4°C and since the Sun is now back out once again, there's a very good chance that we might well do that.😎

I think we could easily have got up to 25°C or so here in Edinburgh today had there not been so much cloud around.

As it is, our highest temperature of the day at Edinburgh Gogarbank is 22.9°C and although that is enough for today to be our warmest day of this summer so far, our chances of getting our warmest day of the year today may well have been scuppered yet again by that all too familiar story of there being too much cloud getting in the way of that, as the temperatures have actually gone up by very little here since it clouded over towards lunchtime.😡

England - 28.3C at Wisley

Scotland - 27.3C at Aboyne

N Ireland - 25.8C at Castlederg

EDIT:

Today's maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank is now officially confirmed as 23.8°C which makes today our warmest day of this year so far despite all of the cloud cover.

As I  write, the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was still 20.9°C and now that it's evening, the Sun has now come out with a vengeance which is just like the thing, although that makes for a lovely evening here in Edinburgh.

In fact, the temperature has been consistently 20°C since before 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning which means the minimum temperature is currently running at 20.2°C as that is the lowest temperature reading so far during the current observation day which started at 09:00 UTC this morning.

This means that if the temperature was to somehow manage to remain above 20°C throughout the night and right up until 10am BST (09:00 UTC) tomorrow morning, we would actually be recording an official tropical night here.

Of course, that is unlikely to come even close to actually happening but what this does demonstrate is just how quickly and how much this morning actually warmed up, especially when it was much sunnier during that earlier part of the day.

12.4, dew 10.8 (which implies another steamy day to come), with the low so far being 12.3. Yesterday's high was 24.7, the second such day in a row.