In the end, a total of 5.2 mm of rain fell at Edinburgh Gogarbank during yesterday along with 15.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

In addition to that, a total of 7.6 mm of rain has fallen during today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 7am this morning along with 2.0 mm at botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, that takes the total for this month so far to 80.2 mm, the total for this summer so far to 271.6 mm and the total for this year so far to 501.4 mm as at 7am this morning.

This means that just at least another 3 more rain days need to occur at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this entire summer to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, that takes the total for this month so far to 89.8 mm, the total for this summer so far to 262.4 mm and the total for this year so far to 476.4 mm as at 7am this morning.

This means that just at least another 2 more rain days need to occur at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.

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0.6 mm Yesterday. 0.3mm today.

24.9mm This month

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Just look at how that area of rain has grown over southern Scotland. I think that my local station in south Edinburgh will be up to 100 mm for the month by the end of this particular event. It's so gloomy and 15 C, real festival weather!

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A relatively dry first 11 days here with just 10.6mm for the month so far. 

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This is a much shorter report than usual as it is only to confirm that during the last hour, the total rainfall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh for this month has gone above 100 mm.

A total of 13.2 mm of rain has fallen there during today so far as at 7pm this evening which now already takes this month's total at that particular station to 101.0 mm. Given that we are still only just about a third of the way through this month as well, this is now starting to get a bit ridiculous!!

This means that regardless of what happens there between now and the end of this month, this month is now already the wettest month at that particular station since June 2017 when the reading from there, confirmed that month's status as Edinburgh's wettest June on record.

In addition to that, this month will already be going down at the very least, as the wettest August since 2011 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.

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111.3mm here. 

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I thought the weather in Edinburgh was always boring and nothing of interest ever happened there?

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The drought continues in t he S.E corner. I don't think the forecasters have noticed this yet with all there efforts, understandably, concentrating on the flood risks in the North!

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I would have thought that you would be used to that over there though (after all, Ireland couldn't really be regarded as the "Emerald Isle" without the rain), whereas Edinburgh is actually usually one of the driest places in Scotland on average.

 

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Ireland is not as wet as it is often portrayed in popular culture. My August average total is 91mm. Already have surpassed that, so not bad going! 

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That's still a lot higher than the August average for both Edinburgh Gogarbank (which is 67.8 mm) and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (which is 60.2 mm) though, assuming that you are going by your 1981-2010 average as I am (here, that is the standard UK Met Office average, although I would assume that Met Eireann would still use a similar time frame for its long term averages where you are).

Anyway, I can now report that Edinburgh Gogarbank has now joined the botanic gardens in Edinburgh by entering that 100+mm club for this month after a total of 7.4 mm pf rain fell there in the space of just a single hour.

There, a total of 30.2 mm of rain had fallen during today so far as at 9pm tonight which brought this month's total there at that time up to 103.0 mm. As with the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, that already makes today the wettest August there since 2011 although it still hasn't yet quite got as wet there as it was in June. Nevertheless, that looks as though it might end up happening by the time that this rain eventually clears away with the way that it is looking just now.

Meanwhile, this month's total so far at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has now increased to 106.2 mm as a result of 18.4 mm of rain having fallen there during today so far as at 9pm tonight.

Finally, this is also the first time since June 2017 that more than 100 mm of rain has been recorded at both of those stations during any given month.

 

 

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Yep, it is the 81-10 average. I find your averages surprising to be honest, given the Scotland is much wetter on average (I would have thought at least) than Ireland. Odd thing is, the LTA August total here is higher than that of September. 

 

 

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Scotland is a fairly wet country as a whole, but Edinburgh is actually its driest city on average. What you tend to find here in Scotland is that although there is a lot of rain overall as far as Scotland as a whole is concerned, the vast majority of that tends to occur in the west of Scotland.

The reason for that is due to the fact that the prevailing winds are usually from the SW on average, and also due to the fact that Scotland has a lot of hills and mountains. This enhances the rainfall in the west due to the orographic effect as that moist air from the SW meets those hills and mountains, and is forced to rise over them as a result.

That uses up a lot of the moisture which that air mass contains so that on the other side of those hills and mountains, the air then dries out and warms up as it descends. One effect of this is the Fohn Effect which even in the middle of winter, can easily result in temperatures rising above 15°C in the Moray Firth area in NE Scotland. The other effect of this is that you also have a rain shadow effect on that leeward side of those hills and mountains which then results in it being a lot drier there.

On that front, Edinburgh is well protected by the Pentland and Lammermuir Hills to our south, and other hills to our north over in the Fife and Tayside regions. Because of our position at the eastern end of the Forth Clyde Valley, showers within a polar maritime or returning polar maritime westerly or WSW air stream can filter through that to reach us here in Edinburgh, but we are generally quite well sheltered overall from winds coming from most directions. That in turn causes it to be drier here overall than in most other parts of Scotland.

The only reason why this month has been so wet here is because the main centres of low pressure have been passing right over here just recently and therefore, acting as a convergence zone where big showers and thunderstorms can then develop which then often produce a lot of rain in a very short space of time.

 

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Yes John, that makes perfect sense. Just looking at Dublin Apt's (sheltered east coast region) averages here, and they seem roughly similar to yours (73mm) for August. 

I would imagine that rainfall wise, the east of Scotland would compare favorably with that of the east of England? which I know from experience is a very dry region of the UK. 

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I did visit Dublin back in the autumn of 2010 in what to date, is the one and only trip to Ireland which I have made (since that incorporates the whole island which is geographically known as Ireland, you will have seen by process of elimination that I've never actually been to Northern Ireland) and what at time was also the first location which I had ever visited outside of the UK.

For most of the time when I was there, the weather was generally OK for most of the time, although I remember very well, that wind which blew through the valley every time I crossed the River Liffey which passes right through Dublin's city centre. There was the odd dampish day when I was there, but I can also remember one really wet day when I was there, when the rain went right through me and I got absolutely soaked.

However, the fact that Dublin (along with Belfast in Northern Ireland) lie on Ireland's coast means that I would therefore expect it to be drier there on average than most other parts of Ireland and to a certain extent, I probably benefited from from that quite a lot when I was there. As far as Edinburgh is concerned though, it is true that our rainfall totals are comparable with many part of of the east of England and it turns out in fact, the we actually get less rain here on average than places like New York over in America.

 

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In the end, the ridiculously high total of 34.8 mm of rain fell at Edinburgh Gogarbank during yesterday along with 31.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh where yesterday was the wettest day of this year so far as a result.

In addition to that, a total of 2.4 mm of rain has fallen during today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 7am this morning along with 3.8 mm at botanic gardens in Edinburgh which is at least, a lot more sensible although today is yet another day which has failed to stay completely dry.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, that takes the total for this month so far to 110.0 mm, the total for this summer so far to 301.4 mm and the total for this year so far to 531.2 mm as at 7am this morning.

This means that just at least another 5 more official rain days need to occur at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.

This also means that just at least another 2 more official rain days need to occur at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this entire summer to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, that takes the total for this month so far to 123.4 mm (which is now slightly more than twice the 1981-2010 August average for that particular station), the total for this summer so far to 296.0 mm and the total for this year so far to 510.0 mm as at 7am this morning.

This means that this month will now go down as being wetter than average overall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in terms of the number of official rain days if there any more rain days there between now and the end of this month.

Not only has more than 100 mm of rain fallen at both of those stations during this ridiculously wet month which we are currently experiencing, but we are now odds on to average more than 100 mm per month at both of those stations during what has been a very soggy summer overall. That indeed, has already happened at Edinburgh Gogarbank where two of the three months which make up this summer have delivered more than 100 mm of rain.

In addition to that, the outlook continues to look unsettled which means that there will be more rain to come but hopefully, we won't now be seeing anything like the ridiculous amounts of rain which we have been seeing just recently.

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0.3mm Yesterday

1.5 mm Today 

26.4 mm This Month

255.6 mm Year To Date.

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5.4mm today

30.3 mm This Month.

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5.7 mm Yesterday

30.6 mm To Date.

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Rainfall to date this month is 16.0mm, of which 14.2mm fell in the last four days.  For comparison the 1981-2010 LTA at Edenbridge for August is 52.6mm.

 

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In the end, a total of 2.4 mm of rain fell at Edinburgh Gogarbank during yesterday along with 4.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

In addition to that, a total of 3.6 mm of rain has fallen during today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 8pm this evening along with 2.8 mm at botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, that takes the total for this month so far to 113.4 mm, the total for this summer so far to 304.8 mm and the total for this year so far to 534.6 mm as at 8pm this evening.

This means that just at least another 4 more official rain days need to occur at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.

This also means that this entire summer will now go down as being wetter than average overall at Edinburgh Gogarbank in terms of the number of official rain days if there any more rain days there between now and the end of this month.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, that takes the total for this month so far to 126.4 mm, the total for this summer so far to 299.0 mm and the total for this year so far to 513.0 mm as at 8pm this evening.

This means that since there has now been more official rain days during this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh than the 1981-2010 August average, this month will now go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of official rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.

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4.2 mm Today

34.8mm This Month.

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2.1 mm Last Hour

6.9mm Today

37.5 mm This Month

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15.0 mm Today

45.6 mm This Month.

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