Provisionally it's been the 5th cloudiest winter on record for Scotland since 1910 and most places have had a cloudier than average winter. I'm sure that will come as no surprise, mostly due to February though. December and January were not remarkable.

Yesterday's (23rd Feb) daily #sunshine totals from SYNOP observations. #Leuchars was the sunniest location with 5.5 hours of #sun. https://www.roostweather.com/ukobs/dailysunshine_map.php?date=2026-02-23

The word of the day is "Apricity" - the warmth of the sun on a cold winter’s day ☀️ Enjoy the sunshine forecast today 😎

Dyce (Aberdeen) has now recorded no sunshine for the past 14 days – its longest spell on record (since 1957) ☁️ The daily frequency (persistence) of SE'ly weather types in the objective Lamb Weather Types dataset (since 1871) was the joint 2nd highest on record for the month of January...

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