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 Total Up To 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 10.4 mm st station 1, 12.2 mm at station 2
Total Amount Since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 11.6 mm at station 1, 14.8 mm at station 2 (as at 7pm BST this evening (18:00 UTC))
Total For This Month So Far: 109.6 mm (129.7 % of LTA) at station 1, 125.0 mm (165.3 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 16 (125.0 % of LTA) at station 1, 20 (161.3 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 7 at station 1, 6 at station 2
Total For This Autumn So Far: 164.6 mm (76.1 % of LTA) at station 1, 181.0 mm (83.7 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Autumn So Far: 28 (77.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 31 (91.7 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Autumn So Far: 22 at station 1, 20 at station 2
This means that just another 3 or more official rain days need to be recorded between now and the end of November at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in order for this autumn to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.
Total Amount During This Year So Far: 654.4 mm (86.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 662.6 mm (94.1 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 104 (75.7 % of LTA) at station 1, 113 (91.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 149 at station 1, 145 at station 2
LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question at the particular station 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.