A total of 5.4 mm of rain fell during yesterday at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 5.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. This believe it or not, makes yesterday the driest day of the month and year so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank, but the second wettest day of the month and year so far at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
In addition to that, there has been a further 1.6 mm of rain during the course of this morning so far along with 1.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. This means that today is yet another official rain day at both stations, and the 8th day in a row which has failed to stay completely dry. With more rain forecast for today as well, those are not likely to be the final totals for today either.
At Edinburgh Gogarbank, that now takes the total for this month so far to 25.4 mm, the total for this winter so far to 78.4 mm and the total for this year so far to 25.4 mm as at 8am this morning.
At the botanic gardens, that now takes the total for this month so far to 22.0 mm, the total for this winter so far to 68.4 mm and the total for this year so far to 22.0 mm as at 8am this morning.
After the very dry start to the winter which we had, this winter is now running wetter than average in terms of the rainfall amounts at Edinburgh Gogarbank, and in terms of the number of official rain days at both stations, thanks to this very wet spell which we have been experiencing since Christmas.
After today though, the outlook is drier for a while as high pressure builds from the north, but there could still be some wintry showers around during tomorrow whilst the wind has an easterly component to it. Beyond that, many forecast models point to it becoming more unsettled again as we get towards the latter part of next week and if that happens, this month will then look set to go down as our first wetter than average month here in Edinburgh since last August.
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.