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Edinburgh Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Fri 06
Mar		15:00

WSW
WSW

 3 / 4 mph 46 / 44°F 66% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

SW
SW

 6 / 6 mph 45 / 42°F 77% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

 6 / 9 mph 39 / 35°F 81% 1026 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sat 07
Mar		00:00

SW
SW

 7 / 13 mph 36 / 30°F 79% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

SW
SW

 7 / 15 mph 34 / 28°F 79% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
2%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

SW
SW

 7 / 14 mph 33 / 27°F 80% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
14%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

SW
SW

 6 / 8 mph 40 / 35°F 76% 1025 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
14%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

SW
SW

 8 / 9 mph 49 / 45°F 64% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
3%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

SW
SW

 7 / 9 mph 51 / 47°F 63% 1023 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 6 mph 49 / 46°F 75% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 8 mph 42 / 39°F 73% 1024 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Edinburgh:

Taking a look at Edinburgh over the coming week and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 10°C, with a high for the week of 10°C expected on the afternoon of Sunday 8th. The average minimum temperature will be 4°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Saturday 7th at 1°C. The week ahead will have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain or sleet. Predictions are Friday 7th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 8.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate. The strongest wind will be experienced on Wednesday afternoon, coming from a south westerly direction, and reaching around 31mph.

The day label given represents the local day relative to the local time for the location you are looking at.
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Day

This time is corrected for local time zones and where possible for daylight saving times.
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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure