In the end, yesterday was a completely dry day at Edinburgh Gogarbank, although 0.2 mm of rain was recorded during yesterday at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh probably due to condensation.
However, a total of 4.2 mm of rain has fallen during today at Edinburgh Gogarbank so far as at 5pm this afternoon, along with 3.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, that takes this month's total so far to 55.0 mm, the total for this summer so far to 153.0 mm and the total for this year so far to 420.4 mm as at 5pm this afternoon.
For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, that takes this month's total so far to 69.0 mm, the total for this summer so far to 153.2 mm and the total for this year so far to 424.4 mm as at 5pm this afternoon.
Since the number of official rain days during this month so far at both Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh is now more than the 1981-2010 August average for each respective station, this month will now go down as a wetter than average month at both of those stations in terms of the number of official rain days.
Since more rain has fallen at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh during this month so far than the 1981-2010 August average for that station, this will also go down as a wetter than average month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
However, the latest rainfall total for this month so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank is still 12.8 mm short of the 1981-2010 August average for that station. The outlook for the rest of this month is changeable, but that period is likely to be drier than average overall.
This doesn't mean that there won't be any more rain days between now and the end of this month. However, further frontal systems are likely to be much weaker than today's weather system and bring only a band of showery rain. Any other rain which falls during the rest of this month is likely to just be in the form of showers and so the overall amount of rain from that isn't expected to amount to much.
This means that in order for this month to still have a chance of being wetter than average at Edinburgh Gogarbank, there needed to be quite a big total out of today's weather system as a result of that being the most active system which we are likely to see between now and the end of the month.
However, it would appear as though today's total falls well short of what was required for that to happen and because of that, we can probably now safely that this month will now gown as being slightly drier than average at Edinburgh Gogarbank in terms of the actual rainfall amount, albeit still wetter than average in terms of the number of official rain days.
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.