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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
Wed 14
May		06:00

ENE
ENE

 9 / 10 mph 52 / 47°F 83% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 88%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
41%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

ENE
ENE

 11 / 13 mph 54 / 50°F 70% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
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
12:00

ENE
ENE

 10 / 12 mph 57 / 54°F 57% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
6%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

ENE
ENE

 9 / 11 mph 59 / 56°F 54% 1027 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

ENE
ENE

 9 / 11 mph 58 / 55°F 67% 1027 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

E
E

 5 / 6 mph 49 / 47°F 84% 1029 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
8%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Thu 15
May		00:00

ESE
ESE

 2 / 3 mph 46 / 46°F 87% 1029 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

W
W

 2 / 4 mph 44 / 43°F 87% 1028 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 2 / 3 mph 48 / 47°F 80% 1029 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NE
NE

 5 / 6 mph 56 / 54°F 53% 1029 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
12:00

ENE
ENE

 8 / 9 mph 61 / 59°F 46% 1030 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
15:00

ENE
ENE

 12 / 14 mph 60 / 59°F 53% 1030 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

ENE
ENE

 9 / 10 mph 60 / 57°F 59% 1030 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

E
E

 3 / 3 mph 56 / 56°F 75% 1031 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:

Over the next 7 days the Edinburgh forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 17°C, with a high for the week of 20°C expected on the afternoon of Saturday 17th. The average minimum temperature will be 8°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Thursday 15th at 6°C. The week ahead will remain predominantly dry. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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