The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:
Data For Recent Days24 Hour Total up to 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 1.6 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank, along with 1.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Provisional Total since 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 7.6 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 9.4 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (as at 7am GMT (07:00 UTC) this morning on Monday 13 March 2023).
Our first significant rainfall for a quite a long time. It is absolutely chucking it down here just now as I write with quite a bit still to come, so the final total for that 24 hour period from 9am yesterday morning is likely to be quite a lot higher than what is shown above.
Monthly DataTotal for this month so far: 11.6 mm (22.1% of 1991-2020 March average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 13.8 mm (28.5% of 1991-2020 March average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this month so far: 2 (19.5% of 1991-2020 March average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 3 (30.5% of 1991-2020 March average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this month so far: 6 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 6 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Since 9am yesterday morning, our total for this month has already been more than doubled.
Seasonal DataTotal for this spring so far: 11.6 mm (7.8% of 1991-2020 spring average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 13.8 mm (10.1% of 1991-2020 spring average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this spring so far: 2 (6.6% of 1991-2020 spring average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 3 (10.7% of 1991-2020 spring average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this spring so far: 6 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 6 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Since 9am yesterday morning, our total for this spring has already been more than doubled.
Annual DataTotal for this year so far: 87.6 mm (11.2% of 1991-2020 annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 81.2 mm (11.2% of 1991-2020 annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this year so far: 20 (14.6% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 19 (14.8% of 1991-2020 annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this year so far: 37 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 36 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
NoteThis data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
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.