Since my last report, a further 0.8 mm of rain has fallen at Edinburgh Gogarbank from some showers which were around yesterday evening, and that takes yesterday's final total for that site to 6.8 mm making it the second wettest day of the month so far. This morning has been dry so far though and so, the current running totals for Edinburgh Gogarbank for up to 8am this morning and taking a rain day to be one where there has been at least 1 mm of rain is as follows:

Monthly Total For October: 30.9 mm (Expected), 31.0 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days in October so far: 4.7 (Expected), 6 (Actual)

We have now had 36.7% of our average October rainfall and 46.9% of our average number of rain days in October so far, so we are currently bang on average for this month according to the actual rainfall amounts when that anomaly is reported to the nearest 0.1%, although this month is currently 28.2% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Autumn Total: 89.2 mm (Expected), 88.9 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 15.1 (Expected), 22 (Actual)

We have had 41.3% of our average autumn rainfall so far and 60.8% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far, so this autumn is currently 0.4% wetter than average according to the actual rainfall totals, and 45.9% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Yearly Total: 563.4 mm (Expected), 590.4 mm (Actual)

We have had 78.3% of our average annual rainfall so far, so this year is currently 3.6% wetter than average.

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Don't know how official / accurate this is, but honister reported 200mm+ yesterday

http://www.gaugemap.co.uk/#!Detail/7729/3042

Only 6mm so far this month here.  

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I can report that weathercast.co.uk is once again showing rainfall figures for the botanic gardens, but that data is only there for the period from 10am yesterday morning onwards, and there is still nothing there for the period from 2pm on the day before yesterday up until until 10am yesterday. Since that was clearly a period when we had some rain, that has resulted in some missing data which means that I am unable to give an accurate account of the current total for this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, although I can now confirm that 3 mm of rain fell at the botanic gardens during yesterday between 10am and midnight with the period from midnight at the beginning of today up until 9pm tonight being completely dry (sadly though, we have since had some showers which have arrived from the west which means that despite the fact that today was forecast to be the best day of the week in this part of the world, we still haven't even managed to get a completely dry day from that).

Due to that gap in the data for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, my plan for now is to continue to use Edinburgh Gogarbank as the station which I will be reporting on until such time that the botanic gardens in Edinburgh publishes its final data for this month on its website at the beginning of next month. Once that happens and if everything is still working well at weathercast.co.uk at that time, I will then be able to switch back to giving my reports for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh but in the meantime, the fact that I am able to get the rainfall data from weathercast.co.uk once again means that I should now be able to give a more up to date report for Edinburgh Gogarbank than what I was able to do by using the data from SEPA.

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Only 6mm so far this month here.  

Not surprised, only 11.2mm here and mainly dry for a few days yet,

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Last night, 1.2 mm of rain fell during the last couple of hours of yesterday leading up to midnight at Edinburgh Gogarbank with a further 0.4 mm of rain falling during the early hours of this morning. This means that the current running totals for Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 7am taking a rain day to be one where at least 1 mm of rain has fallen are as follows:

Monthly Total For October: 33.5 mm (Expected), 32.6 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days in October so far: 5.1 (Expected), 7 (Actual)

We have now had 38.9% of our average October rainfall and 54.7% of our average number of rain days in October so far, so this month is currently 2.7% drier than average according to the actual rainfall amounts, but 37.9% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Autumn Total: 91.5 mm (Expected), 90.8 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 15.5 (Expected), 23 (Actual)

We have had 42.0% of our average autumn rainfall so far and 63.5% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far, so this autumn is currently 0.8% drier than average according to the actual rainfall totals, but 48.6% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Yearly Total: 566.0 mm (Expected), 592.0 mm (Actual)

We have had 78.5% of our average annual rainfall so far, so this year is currently 3.4% wetter than average.

This morning's total isn't yet enough to officially make today a rain day according to my definition for that, but that is likely to change later on with yet more rain approaching from the west and in any case, today is already yet another day which won't be going down as a completely dry one in this part of the world.

In addition to that, I can also report that 1 mm of rain fell last night at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh with a further 0.2 mm during the early hours of this morning. As this new data is coming in, there is occasionally a little bit of the missing data coming in along with that. I will therefore wait in earnest to see if all of that remaining missing data appears and if it does, I might then be able to use the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as the station which I am reporting the data for on this thread.

So far, this shows that 4.6 mm of rain fell at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh on 11 October 2017 in addition to whatever is in that missing data. Since my records show that 6.8 mm of rain fell at Edinburgh Gogarbank, I am guessing that there is probably approximately 2 mm of rain amongst that missing data for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which is unaccounted for since those two stations aren't far away from each other, and the nature of the rain which fell on that day would suggest that there probably wouldn't be that much of a difference in the rainfall totals between those two sites on that day. Only time will tell though, as regards to whether this is the case or not.

 

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Don't know how official / accurate this is, but honister reported 200mm+ yesterday

http://www.gaugemap.co.uk/#!Detail/7729/3042

It's an official site but not been installed for long.
Nearby Seathwaite is just to the east and was frequently UK's wettest place but Honister is higher up and right in the firing line for soggy air masses.

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Its trickling along very slowly..just 9.0mm so far at nearly the mid month stage. The outlook offers nothing significant either 

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We didn't get as much rain during yesterday as I had anticipated since a lot of the rain which was around to the west of here, kept on breaking up and disintegrating just as it was about to reach here. Nevertheless, that didn't prevent a total of 1.2 mm of rain from falling during yesterday at Edinburgh Gogarbank. This means that the current running totals for that site as at 8am this morning are as follows:

Monthly Total For October: 36.3 mm (Expected), 33.4 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days in October so far: 5.5 (Expected), 8 (Actual)

We have now had 39.5% of our average October rainfall and 62.5% of our average number of rain days in October so far, so this month is currently 8.1% drier than average according to the actual rainfall amounts, but 45.3% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Autumn Total: 94.3 mm (Expected), 91.6 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 15.9 (Expected), 24 (Actual)

We have had 42.4% of our average autumn rainfall so far and 66.3% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far, so this autumn is currently 2.9% drier than average according to the actual rainfall totals, but 50.9% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Yearly Total: 568.9 mm (Expected), 592.8 mm (Actual)

We have had 78.6% of our average annual rainfall so far, so this year is currently 3.2% wetter than average.

I can also report that 1.2 mm of rain fell during yesterday at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. It turns out as well, that the missing data for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh for Wednesday 11 October 2017 doesn't affect the number of rain days since there was already well over 1 mm of rain recorded for that day, even without that missing data. This means that I can report the current running totals for the number of rain days at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as at 8am are as follows:

Number of Rain Days in October so far: 5.3 (Expected), 7 (Actual)

We have had 56.5% of our average number of rain days in October so far so that in terms of the number of rain days, this month is currently 31.2% wetter than average.

Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 15.5 (Expected), 20 (Actual)

We have had 59.2% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far so in terms of the number of rain days, this month is currently 28.8% wetter than average.

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63.1mm to the 14th.

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8 Dry Days..   Only   4.5mm.  Has fallen.....

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34.7mm so far: Just a little below average at this stage of the month.

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After an unexpected completely dry weekend (something which is a very rare occurrence in this part of the world), I can now report that 2.8 mm of rain has fallen at Edinburgh Gogarbank during the early part of this morning from a warm front which is associated with the remnants of ex-Hurricane Ophelia. This means that the current running totals for that site as at 7am this morning are as follows:

Monthly Total For October: 41.7 mm (Expected), 36.2 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days in October so far: 6.3 (Expected), 9 (Actual)

We have now had 42.8% of our average October rainfall and 70.3% of our average number of rain days in October so far, so this month is currently 13.2% drier than average according to the actual rainfall amounts, but 42.5% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Autumn Total: 99.7 mm (Expected), 94.4 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 16.7 (Expected), 25 (Actual)

We have had 43.7% of our average autumn rainfall so far and 69.1% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far, so this autumn is currently 5.3% drier than average according to the actual rainfall totals, but 49.6% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Yearly Total: 574.2 mm (Expected), 595.6 mm (Actual)

We have had 79.0% of our average annual rainfall so far, so this year is currently 2.8% wetter than average.

I can also report that 4.6 mm of rain has fallen during this morning at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh from the same weather front with 3 mm of rain falling in just one hour between 4am and 5am.  This means that the available current running totals for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which I can report as at 7am are as follows:

Number of Rain Days in October so far: 6.1 (Expected), 8 (Actual)

We have had 64.5% of our average number of rain days in October so far so that in terms of the number of rain days, this month is currently 30.8% wetter than average.

Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 16.3 (Expected), 21 (Actual)

We have had 62.1% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far so in terms of the number of rain days, this month is currently 28.7% wetter than average.

 

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Yesterday was quite an amazing day as a further 2.6 mm of rain fell at Edinburgh Gogarbank after my last report, with a further 2.4 mm of rain falling at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, taking yesterday's final total to 7.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh and 5.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank. The weather then dried up and despite some rain being around during the rest of the day, nothing actually fell here, or at either of the above mentioned sites. The same is true this morning although a further 0.2 mm of rain did fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank this morning, with the same amount falling at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. With all of that in mind, the curremt running totals for Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 1pm and taking a rain day to be one where at least 1 mm of rain has fallen, is as follows:

Monthly Total For October: 45.1 mm (Expected), 39.0 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days in October so far: 6.8 (Expected), 9 (Actual)

We have now had 46.2% of our average October rainfall and 70.3% of our average number of rain days in October so far, so this month is currently 13.5% drier than average according to the actual rainfall amounts, but 31.8% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Autumn Total: 102.3 mm (Expected), 97.2 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 17.2 (Expected), 25 (Actual)

We have had 45.0% of our average autumn rainfall so far and 69.1% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far, so this autumn is currently 5.0% drier than average according to the actual rainfall totals, but 45.1% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Yearly Total: 577.4 mm (Expected), 603.4 mm (Actual)

We have had 80.0% of our average annual rainfall so far, so this year is currently 4.6% wetter than average.

The available current running totals for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which I can report as at 1pm are as follows:

Number of Rain Days in October so far: 6.6 (Expected), 8 (Actual)

We have had 64.5% of our average number of rain days in October so far so that in terms of the number of rain days, this month is currently 20.9% wetter than average.

Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 16.1 (Expected), 21 (Actual)

We have had 62.1% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far so in terms of the number of rain days, this month is currently 24.9% wetter than average.

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Still on 16.2mm so much dryer than average. Some parts round here have seen even less as we were quite unlucky with the showery rain at the beginning of the month.

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More than half way through the month and only 4.2mm so far.

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Nothing measurable since the 13th - I don't think I've forgotten to note down a reading. Nothing from the remnants of a hurricane - often they are quite wet affairs as well as windy ones!. Total remains at 34.7mm.

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Amazingly, we had very little rain from ex-Hurricane Ophelia during yesterday once the weather system which was ahead of that cleared away. The NHC over in America who take precedence over our own UK Met Office in these types of events, did say that it would be the wind rather than the rain which would be the main problem with that rain being mostly confined to areas which lie to the north and west of the actual path of that system and I suppose, that was what proved to be correct.

However, just as it looked as though everything was settling down nicely after that storm's departure, along came another band of showers which came down from the north during last night, and which delivered a further 1.2 mm of rain to Edinburgh Gogarbank along with another 1.6 mm of rain at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. That in turn, takes yesterday's final totals to 1.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 1.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. On top of that, there has been some further showery rain during this morning which as at 7am, has delivered another 1.0 mm of rain to Edinburgh Gogarbank. Amazingly, nothing at all has been recorded this morning at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh according to weathercast.co.uk, but I don't believe that this data is actually correct.

The botanic gardens in Edinburgh lies less than two miles to the east of where I live, and the wind is currently coming from the east which means that any rain which falls there, is always going to heading in my direction where I live. There has been numerous occasions during this morning when I have heard the rain absolutely battering against my east-facing bedroom and living room windows which means that since the botanic gardens in Edinburgh is in the vicinity of where the wind (and therefore the rain) is being blown from, I just don't find it conceivable in any way that there could be no measurable rain at all at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, given how heavy that rain has been where I live.

Because of that, I have decided not to include the rain day data here for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as we have clearly had a rain day here in Edinburgh already and so, the fact that no measurable rain is being recorded at that site means that this does on this occasion, have an effect on the number of rain days being reported. Because of that, all of the data for this summary will be for Edinburgh Gogarbank and as at 7am this morning, the running totals taking a rain day as one where at least 1 mm of rain is recorded were as follows:

Monthly Total For October: 47.1 mm (Expected), 41.2 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days in October so far: 7.1 (Expected), 11 (Actual)

We have now had 48.8% of our average October rainfall and 85.9% of our average number of rain days in October so far, so this month is currently 12.6% drier than average according to the actual rainfall amounts, but 54.1% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Autumn Total: 105.1 mm (Expected), 99.4 mm (Actual)
Number of Rain Days so far this autumn: 17.5 (Expected), 27 (Actual)

We have had 46.0% of our average autumn rainfall so far and 74.6% of our average number of rain days for this autumn so far, so this autumn is currently 5.5% drier than average according to the actual rainfall totals, but 53.9% wetter than average according to the number of rain days.

2017 Yearly Total: 579.6 mm (Expected), 605.6 mm (Actual)

We have had 80.3% of our average annual rainfall so far, so this year is currently 4.5% wetter than average.

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10 Dry Days.

1.8mm Yesterday.

0.3mm  Today.

7.5mm  This Month.  

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A dry month (so far !) 9.2mm 

474.6mm so far this year.

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