Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 2.6 mm

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 5.2 mm (as at 6:40 am BST (05:40 UTC) this morning on Tuesday 19 May 2026)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 33.8 mm (67.4% of 1991-2020 May average)

Number of rain days during this month: 8 (74.3% of 1991-2020 May average)

Number of dry days during this month: 7

This means that only at least another 16.4 mm of rain now needs to fall 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 actual rainfall amounts.

In addition to that, only at least another 3 official rain days 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 Data

Total for this spring so far: 133.8 mm (90.1% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring: 31 (102.5% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of dry days during this spring: 35

This means that only at least another 14.8 mm of rain now needs to fall between now and the end of this month in order for this spring to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

In addition to that, more official rain days have now been recorded during this spring than the 1991-2020 spring average and so regardless of what happens during the rest of this month, this spring will now go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 246.0 mm (31.4% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 62 (45.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 47

Note

This 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.

220mm ytd.

Roost weather>uk> integrated radar >12 hours will give an idea.

I can't imagine just 220mm ytd here - the place would be dying. But the last three months have only seen about a mm a day...

Sadly it is. Crops struggling and the top third of my 35 ft high silver birch has failed to come into leaf and dead twigs are breaking off in wind. Lawn cracked and fewer buttercups and daisies.

Wow that's a lengthy dry period FW! 

Feb, March and April were below average here but that was following a very wet Autumn and Dec/Jan.

Quite a few heavy showers here again today following last nights rain, meaning a further 16mm to add to the total.

61mm for the month so far. 

A useful amount 👍

Only 35mm here, only 20mm of that was more than passing showers. The soil is dry, below a damp 75mm or so. Rivers are low, crops soon to be stressed again..

Very lush and green up here at present and I think I'm safe to say that we won't have any hosepipe ban like last year. Reservoirs are all full.

So far this spring, a total of  135.0 mm of rain has been recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 122.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

As regards to this month, the botanic gardens has been the wetter of those two stations due to a number of showers having a much greater impact in the north of Edinburgh than in the rest of the city.

Over the spring as a whole though, it is Gogarbank which has been the wetter of those two stations with fewer official rain days being recorded at the botanic gardens.

This spring is therefore continuing the trend of being wetter than last year, but still not all that wet overall and this just goes to show how dry the spring of 2025 actually was.

Looked at the gauge after arriving home and found 20mm! All from a thunder storm last night/this morning apparently. Now up to 84mm for the month. 

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 1.4 mm

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 1.8 mm (as at 8:40 am BST (07:40 UTC) this morning on Monday 1 June 2026)

Monthly Data

Final total for May 2026: 39.2 mm (78.1% of 1991-2020 May average)

Number of rain days during May 2026: 11 (102.2% of 1991-2020 May average)

Number of dry days during May 2026: 15

May 2026 started off on a fairly unsettled note, but was much drier than average in the end and in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, it was actually the driest month of the spring although the number of rain days was slightly above average.

Seasonal Data

Final total for the spring of 2026: 139.2 mm (93.7% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during the spring of 2026: 34 (112.4% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of dry days during the spring of 2026: 43

The spring of 2026 was drier than average overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts with March 2026 being its only wetter than average month, but it wasn't as dry as the spring of 2025 and the number of rain days was actually  above average during the spring.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 251.4 mm (32.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 65 (47.3% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 55

Note

This 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.

Total Spring rainfall here comes to 97.5mm  (79% of average).