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What a contrast to the hint of spring yesterday. This time yesterday enjoying a sunny lunch outside and 13.6c (sheltered from wind...). Not a chance today, a Baltic feeling 6.4c thanks to a strong and gusty westerly wind; much cloudier as well.

Very mild out there, already 11c with a stiff westerly wind and plenty of sunshine. Time to clearout the garden... Nice cloudscapes first thing. Curious darker banding seen in what appeared to be clear blue sky (pollution contrails??)..

Twas a impressive squall line earlier on for sure... Dry at the moment with even some hints of the sun breaking through the Aberdeenshire Permagloom™; theoretically mild at 7.5c but sure doesn't feel like it in the wind. Very gusty SW winds causing chaos with the bins locally (these days collections always seem to coincide with a wind warning....)

Very cold morning, -5c at 7am but rising now to -3.9c. Clear blue skies and calm conditions. Alas no sunrise to match the sunset yesterday...

Downright stormy out there and worse than the yellow alert earlier in the week!

A day of two halves, with the morning better the better one weatherwise with plenty of sunshine and light winds. Afternoon a lot cloudier with the southerly wind picking up steadily, quite gusty this evening. Quite mild though in Gourdon with the car reading 10c at sunset...

As above, lovely day with mainly blue skies (some cloud floating around mid afternoon) and light winds. Max of 6c, so colder than 10pm last night! Bennachie the star attraction today, here it is from the south from the River Don near Monymusk... Some small forlorn patches of snow still hanging on...

Classic Aberdeenshire Permagloom™ day. Mild, damp and light winds. Incredibly mild outside just now, to think there was 7+ inches of snow on the ground this time last week. /Assets/Images/logo-global.png Met Office WOW - Home Page WOW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK The UK Met Office Weather Observation Website (WOW). WOW allows anyone to submit their own weather data, anywhere in the world.

Wet morning, dry after 2pm and nice sunset. Big swing in temperature with the end of the rain, was hovering around 4.5c in morning but car reading 10.5c now in Alford. Wind picking up, hopefully not as eventful as 48hrs ago.

Unpleasant night, going by the groaning of the roof peak winds around 3am. Kids (and thus parents) finally asleep just after that. Will be zombie apocalypse in the school today if same story repeated elsewhere. No damage noticed so far bar double plastic seat jumping to the other side of the lawn, dislodging the bag of compost that was supposed to have held it down. Impressive snow melt overnight, all gone bar the 4ft snow ramp the kids built - now barely an inch high. Strong west wind and 4c with clear skies.

Really hate windy weather, kids cannot sleep and that ominous roar in the trees outside

Well, the nearest chimney anemometer here in Aberdeen shows that it's a tad breezy and from the south.... 6c but feeling a lot colder, rain off and on as well.

Downright stormy out there just now, and that's with no weather warning... Max of 6c today with the lying snow rapidly thawing, rain earlier adding to the snow cull.

Actually a very nice day out there with some nice cloudscapes and feeling quite warm in the sun. Temperature now 2.2c, ground snow not thawing noticeably (bar paths) but readily dripping off the roof and trees etc.

Kids not amused the school has reopened and the transport is on time (surprised at latter as roads still packed with snow). Temperature up to 1.8c with a brisk westerly wind and drips galore coming of the roof. For a slow thaw as ground still saturated from the Christmas period deluge.

Currently -3.1c with clear skies. Aurora alert earlier but nought seen. Over to Sauchen in the afternoon for a walk round there, good dump of snow there as well - caught in a shower but that came and went quickly. Got to love the pink topped snow shower clouds around sunset. A good few days of snow, anymore though and it would have gotten too disruptive.

Another 1.5 to 2 inches of snow by the looks of things, very little movement on the surrounding roads. Temperature -4.7c with clear blue skies. Rough and ready ruler measurement from top of nearest kennel (which will underestimate the total thanks to wind scour and the temporary thaw couple days ago).

About 1.5cm of snow added to the total here this evening. I suspect the kids will get their wish of a snow day from school tomorrow at this rate. Temperature has risen since teatime from -3.5c to the current -1.8c.

Absolutely gorgeous day, and a ice one as its still -2.1c outside. No snow overnight but snow around teatime yesterday added about 1.5cm. Clear blue skies bar a few dying showers away over to the east and dead calm...

The radar image looks dramatic, but looking outside there is just the faintest hint of snizzle falling. Thaw continues as its 0.5c - as noted above roads are going to be treacherous this evening once the frost returns as the council seem to have been using grit with the barest minimum of salt in it. Edit - saw first Brambling for a couple of years in the garden this morning, surprised not been more Scandinavian birds paying a visit this winter considering the cold they've had over there.

Overnight low of -5.6c but no ice day here as surprised to see the temperature has risen to 0.7c and a definite consolidation of yesterday's powder snow. Drips starting to appear of the roof etc. Light winds and overcast. Nice sunrise in Aberdeen this morning...

It's that deeply unscientific time again, bin lid snow thickness... A good 5 inches, though suspect a bit more than that in reality as a lot of blowing snow. Showers all morning (though seem to be becoming a bit less frequent) with some lengthy sunny spells in-between . Thermometer reads -1.7c

Very blustery showers of snow passing through quickly, though amount on the ground seems to be only a cm or two. Temperature has hovered around -0.8c since teatime. Interesting day of contrasts. Peterhead had no lying snow, though a few hefty snow showers allowing for some lovely cloudscapes - sea very choppy, probably why the harbour was full of boats. Heading back (via a90/a96) in the late afternoon, no lying snow of note until reaching Kintore where suddenly everything turned white - goes to show how localised changes can be. Ugie Estuary car park is not recommended for sufferers of Ornithophobia, persistent blighters...

Showers now of snow in Peterhead but no chance of lying as 3.5c. Invigorating in that brisk NW wind!

2c and frequent showers of rain here in Peterhead and a gusty NW wind. Black roads from Dunecht to Peterhead, slushy thereafter towards Millbank.