I normally wouldn't be posting this until tomorrow morning but since I will be travelling down to the Scottish Borders at that time, I might not have time to do so then, so I have decided to post this just now instead.
On that note, 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 Since 09:00 UTC (10am BST) this morning: 10.4 mm at Station 1, 4.8 mm at Station 2 (as at 7pm this evening)
Total Amount For This Month So Far: 61.8 mm (96.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 90.2 mm (138.8 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 8 (78.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 7 (73.7 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 2 at station 1, 3 at station 2
This means that just another 2.4 mm of rain or more needs to fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, just another 3 or more official rain days now need to be recorded 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 rain days.
Furthermore, just another 3 or more official rain days now need to be recorded 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 rain days.
Total Amount During This Summer So Far: 84.8 mm (43.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 119.4 mm (61.7 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Summer So Far: 11 (34.6 % of LTA) at station 1, 12 (41.7 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Summer So Far: 23 at station 1, 23 at station 2
Total Amount During This Year So Far: 389.2 mm (51.6 % of LTA) at station 1, 410.6 mm (58.3 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 65 (47.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 68 (54.8 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 94 at station 1, 89 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.