As at 8am this morning, a total of just 0.8 mm of rain has fallen at Edinburgh Gogarbank since 09:00 UTC (10am BST) yesterday morning along with 1.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, but even that is more than what was forecast by the ECM model in particular, and more than what I had expected.
Nevertheless, that is still not enough for me to give a full report here for this spring or this year as a whole.
That brings this month's total to 1.8 mm (3.9% of the 1981-2010 April average for Edinburgh Gogarbank) at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 1.8 mm (4.4% of the 1981-2010 April average at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
The most recent official observation day (which runs from 09:00 UTC (10am BST) yesterday morning to 09:00 UTC this morning) was only the first official rain day of this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, although that is enough to take the total number of rain days during this month there to 11.4% of the 1981-2010 April average for that particular station but Edinburgh Gogarbank has still not had a single official rain day during this month so far as at 8am this morning.
Normally at this time of any month, I would be counting down the amount of rain or number of rain days which are required for the month to be wetter than average overall.
However, there is virtually no chance of that happening at either of those two stations during this month either in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, or in terms of the number of official rain days as the immediate outlook in particular, is still very high pressure dominated and very dry as a result.
Instead of that, I will add that at least another 1.4 mm of rain still needs to fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month if this month is not to go down as being the driest April on record at Edinburgh Gogarbank whilst at least another 2.4 mm of rain still needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month if this month is not to go down as being the driest April on record at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as at 8am this morning.
There is some model output which is suggesting that high pressure is likely to be around for the rest of this month. If that happens, there is the possibility that we might not actually get any more during this month and that would result in this month being our driest April on record at both of those stations.
However, a growing number of models are suggesting that the very end of this month in particular could be more unsettled. If that happens, the chances of this month being the driest April on record at one or both of those stations will be very slim but regardless of what actually happens during the rest of this month, this is still going to down as yet another exceptionally dry April, just like the same month during last year.
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.