The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank (shown as station 1 below) and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (shown below as station 2) is as follows:
24 Hour Rainfall Total Up To 09:00 UTC (10am BST) This morning: 0.0 mm at Station 1, 0.0 mm at Station 2
Final Total For April 2021: 5.2 mm (11.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 4.4 mm (10.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During April 2021: 2 (20.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 3 (34.1 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During April 2021: 24 at station 1, 23 at station 2
Yet another exceptionally dry April, but it wasn't quite our driest April on record at either of those stations, and April 2021 also wasn't quite as dry here as April 2020. Nevertheless, that was possibly our third driest April on record.
April 2021 was also a month which contained hardly any official rain days within it.
Total Amount During This Spring So Far: 53.2 mm (35.2 % of LTA) at station 1, 40.4 mm (28.6 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Spring So Far: 12 (36.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 13 (45.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Spring So Far: 38 at station 1, 37 at station 2
Total Amount During This Year So Far: 207.0 mm (27.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 202.0 mm (28.7 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 40 (29.1 % of LTA) at station 1, 42 (33.8 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 57 at station 1, 54 at station 2
LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question.
All of this data has been taken from SEPA with each observation day starting and ending on 09:00 UTC on each day.
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.