Now that we have just entered the last month of the meteorological autumn, I believe that it is now time to get this thread up and running, especially since the weather is now going back into a more unsettled phase after a brief lull in what has been a wet autumn so far.
This now means that a total of at least 40.8 mm of rain now needs to fall during this month at Edinburgh Gogarbank in order for this autumn to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
This also means that a total of at least 17.8 mm of rain now needs to fall during this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
Meanwhile, a total of just at least 21.3 mm of rain now needs to fall between now and the end of this year at Edinburgh Gogarbank in order for this entire year to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
However, more rain has already fallen during this year at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh than the 1981-2010 annual average which means that regardless of what happens between now and the end of this year, 2019 as a whole, will go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, there now needs to be a minimum of 15 rain days during this month at Edinburgh Gogarbank in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.
Furthermore, there now needs to be a minimum of 12 rain days during this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.
The models are currently pointing towards the first half of this month at least, being unsettled and possibly very wet and so, I envisage that this thread might end up being quite busy. However it all turns out though, this is the very place for those all important rainfall observations during this month.
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.