This afternoon and evening brought us more in the way of sunshine and in the end, a total of 6.4 hours of sunshine was recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank. That in the end, was enough for this to mean that this month will after all, now go down as being sunnier than average overall there as a result although that was a close run thing in the end with that outcome not actually being confirmed until after the data for 5pm this afternoon had come in.
Furthermore, there was also quite a heavy shower of rain during this evening which means that a total of 1.4 mm of rain has been recorded for today at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 8pm this evening along with 1.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. This means that today will after all, now go down as the final official rain day of both this month and this summer at both of those stations as a result.
Today's maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was confirmed as 18.4°C, but with that maximum temperature being reached during the latter part of this month.
Since then, the temperatures have been slowly dropping as a result of us now being in a much cooler air mass and so, tonight is also cooler than of late because of that. The result of this is that the temperature at 8pm this evening was now down to around 12°C here 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.