So far, we have had a very wet summer here in Edinburgh and now that we have just entered the final month of the meteorological summer, the outlook according to the latest forecast models continues to be poor for the first half of this month at least. This means that this thread is probably likely to be fairly busy to begin with at least although I'm not expecting too much rain to fall here during the coming few days or so as the rain which is being forecast for that period is expected to be showery in nature and since we have tended during this summer, to not get any of the showers which are forecast under these circumstances.
Nevertheless, a minimum total of just at least another 2.1 mm of rain now needs to fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this summer to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, a minimum total of just at least another 8 more official rain days now need to occur at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this summer to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.
Furthermore, a minimum total of just at least another 14.0 mm of rain now needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this summer to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that a minimum total of just at least another 3 more official rain days now need to occur at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this summer to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.
It is clear from this that in terms of the actual rainfall amounts at least, this summer is almost certainly going to go down as being wetter than average at Edinburgh Gogarbank and unless this month ends up being exceptionally dry here overall, it will also be the same story at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
This means that this month will probably be more of a damage limitation exercise more than anything as far as this summer is concerned. This is our last chance to get a drier than average month during this summer but if we could get that, it would at least be something positive to take away from this miserably wet summer which we have had so far.
As usual though, there are likely to be a lot of variations on that theme throughout the UK but however it all pans out, this is the very place to record those all important rainfall totals for your own location during this month.
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01 August 2019 00:32:59
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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.