The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:
Data For Recent Days24 Hour Total up to 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 0.6 mm
Total since 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 7.0 mm as at 8:00 am GMT (08:00 UTC) this morning on Thursday 15 February 2024.
Monthly DataTotal for this month so far: 28.6 mm (46.8% of 1991-2020 February average).
Number of rain days during this month so far: 6 (56.1% of 1991-2020 February average).
Number of dry days during this month so far: 4
This means that only at least another 5 rain days now need to be recorded 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.
Seasonal DataTotal for this winter so far: 211.4 mm (101.2% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of rain days during this winter so far: 35 (94.4% of 1991-2020 winter average).
Number of dry days during this winter so far: 21
This means that more rain has now fallen during this winter than the 1991-2020 winter average and so regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month, this winter will go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, only at least another 3 rain days now need to be recorded between now and the end of this month in order for this winter to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days.
Annual DataTotal for this year so far: 100.0 mm (12.8% of 1991-2020 annual average).
Number of rain days during this year so far: 18 (13.1% of 1991-2020 annual average).
Number of dry days during this year so far: 14
NoteThis data has been obtained from
https://www.ogimet.com in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.
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.