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:
Total Amount Since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 16.6 mm at station 1, 17.2 mm at station 2 (as at 8am BST (07:00 UTC) this morning)
That makes yesterday the wettest day of this autumn so far at both of those stations.
Total For This Month So Far: 47.0 mm (55.6 % of LTA) at station 1, 56.8 mm (75.1 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 8 (62.5 % of LTA) at station 1, 10 (80.6 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 5 at station 1, 2 at station 4
This means that a total of 19.0 mm of rain or more, needs to fall 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 in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, this also means that just another 5 or more official rain days need to be recorded between now and the end of this month at Edinburgh Gogarbank in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.
Furthermore, this also means that just another 3 or more official rain days need to be recorded between now and the end of this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.
Total For This Autumn So Far: 102.0 mm (47.2 % of LTA) at station 1, 112.8 mm (52.2 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Autumn So Far: 20 (55.2 % of LTA) at station 1, 21 (62.1 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Autumn So Far: 20 at station 1, 18 at station 2
Total Amount During This Year So Far: 591.8 mm (78.5 % of LTA) at station 1, 594.4 mm (84.4 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 96 (69.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 103 (82.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 147 at station 1, 143 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.