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 Until 09:00 UTC (10am BST) this morning 12.6 mm at Station 1, 8.4 mm at Station 2.
Rainfall Total From 09:00 UTC (10am BST) this morning (as at 9pm BST this evening): 3.8 mm at Station 1, 3.4 mm at Station 2
Total Amount For May 2021 So Far: 77.2 mm (157.6 % of LTA) at station 1, 65.6 mm (134.2 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During May 2021 So Far: 10 (87.7 % of LTA) at station 1, 10 (104.2 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During May 2021 So Far: 8 at station 1, 6 at station 2
This means that a minimum total of least 2 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 in terms of the number of rain days.
This also means there has now been more official rain days during this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh and so, this month will now go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.
Total Amount During This Spring So Far: 130.4 mm (86.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 106.0 mm (75.1 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Spring So Far: 22 (66.7 % of LTA) at station 1, 23 (81.3 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Spring So Far: 46 at station 1, 43 at station 2
Total Amount During This Year So Far: 284.2 mm (37.7 % of LTA) at station 1, 267.6 mm (38.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 50 (36.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 52 (42.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 88 at station 1, 73 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
22 May 2021 07:26:48
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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.