19.8⁰C and sunny currently after this morning's rain.
That probably explains why RichardAbdn has been so quiet recently.
He did say a few days ago though that this month has been the sunniest month of this year so far up your way, and it seems like this month is also ending on a sunny note up there as well.
That hasn't ended up being the case here in Edinburgh and as at 8pm BST (19:00 UTC) this evening, a total of just 3.7 hours of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank.
This means that with only around an hour and a half to go until sunset as I write, there is now just not quite enough available daylight left for it to be possible for this month to even be sunnier than average overall.
This means that regardless of what happens between now and sunset, this month will now go down as being slightly duller than average overall.
However, there's not been all that much in it and in the end, I will probably put this month down as having around average amounts of sunshine although the end result here is that our wait for our first sunnier than average month since March 2022 (which is still our sunniest month of the year so far) goes on.
Today has been frustrating in many ways and not just because of those sunshine totals.
During this afternoon, there was actually a thunderstorm which missed us to our east which once again, meant that we missed out on yet another chance to get some much needed rainfall.
I could see that thunderstorm to my east, although I couldn't see any of the lightning strikes from that which the radar maps were showing from that.
Here in Edinburgh itself, the weather was just as boring as usual with a lot of cloud around, and only occasional sunny intervals.
However, today's maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was 19.9°C, but the fact that we just missed out and no more, on getting a temperature of 20°C or above just added to the frustration of the day because that is really the summer equivalent of us coming very close to getting an air frost in winter, only for that to not quite end up happening.
Meanwhile, the temperature at 8pm BST (19:00 UTC) this evening was around 17°C here in Edinburgh.
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30 June 2022 19:46:23
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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.