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:
Rainfall Total From 09:00 UTC (10am BST) this morning (as at 11pm BST tonight): 1.6 mm at Station 1, 3.0 mm at Station 2
Total Amount For May 2021 So Far: 88.6 mm (180.6 % of LTA) at station 1, 81.6 mm (166.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During May 2021 So Far: 12 (105.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 12 (125.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During May 2021 So Far: 9 at station 1, 7 at station 2
There has now been more official rain days during this month at Edinburgh Gogarbank than the 1981-2010 May average for that particular station and so this month will now go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.
Total Amount During This Spring So Far: 141.8 mm (93.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 122.0 mm (86.5 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Spring So Far: 24 (72.7 % of LTA) at station 1, 25 (88.3 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Spring So Far: 47 at station 1, 44 at station 2
This means that a minimum total of 9.4 mm of rain now needs to fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this spring to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
This also means that a minimum total of 19.2 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 spring to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, this also means that at least 4 more official rain days need to occur at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this spring to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.
Total Amount During This Year So Far: 295.6 mm (39.2 % of LTA) at station 1, 283.6 mm (40.3 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 52 (37.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 54 (43.5 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 66 at station 1, 61 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.
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.