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: 25.8 mm at Station 1, 21.0 mm at Station 2
For both of those stations, that is roughly 5 times the amount of rain which fell at each of those respective stations throughout the entire month of April.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, that was the wettest day of this year so far.
Total Amount For May 2021 So Far: 25.8 mm (52.7 % of LTA) at station 1, 21.2 mm (43.4 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During May 2021 So Far: 1 (8.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 1 (10.4 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During May 2021 So Far: 2 at station 1, 1 at station 2
There has already been more rain during this month at both of those stations than what there was in the whole of this same month during last year, and we are only halfway through the first week of this month.
Total Amount During This Spring So Far: 79.0 mm (52.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 61.6 mm (43.7 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Spring So Far: 13 (39.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 14 (49.5 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Spring So Far: 40 at station 1, 38 at station 2
Total Amount During This Year So Far: 232.8 mm (30.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 223.2 mm (31.7 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 41 (29.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 43 (34.6 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 59 at station 1, 55 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.
Edited by user
04 May 2021 09:34:20
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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.