The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:
Data For Recent Days
24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT this morning (09:00 UTC): 3.0 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 2.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Monthly Data
Final Total for October 2022: 88.8 mm (107.4% of 1991-2020 October average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 82.2 mm (108.6% of 1991-2020 October average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during October 2022: 17 (130.8% of 1991-2020 October average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 18 (153.5% of 1991-2020 October average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during October 2022: 8 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 7 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Overall, October 2022 was wetter than average both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, and in terms of the number of rain days.
The actual final total wasn't all that far above the long term average and there was very little in the way of rainfall here during the last week of this month.
However, this is only the first time since the earlier part of 2021 that we have had back to back wetter than average months in terms of the actual rainfall amounts and October 2022 was also the first month since May 2022, to have been wetter than average in terms of the number of official rain days.
Seasonal Data
Total for this Autumn so far: 165.0 mm (78.0% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 157.2 mm (80.3% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this Autumn so far: 26 (71.4% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 27 (80.9% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this Autumn so far: 24 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 22 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Annual Data
Total for this year so far: 523.4 mm (66.7% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 463.6 mm (63.7% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this year so far: 106 (77.1% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 98 (76.4% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this year so far: 150 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 147 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Note
This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
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.