Another poor summers day up here. Steady rain and 15 C. Really missing some days in the garden. It's either too wet or too windy these days.
Although August has had a mean of 15.5 C which is +1 deg above normal, the mild nights have contributed. We have had two days of 23 C + so far.
Rainfall so far is 100mm which is 132%
Sunshine so far 96hrs which is 62%
Not a great summer up here!
I agree that rainfall totals have been high here, and have gone more into that in this month's PW thread. However, all of that applies only to August and over the course of this summer as a whole, there has been no such problems with getting an above average number of official rain days or an above average actual total at either Edinburgh Gogarbank or the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
It has also been a very dull summer and even with a just over a week to go, it is already mathematically impossible for this summer to be sunnier than average here as there isn't enough available daylight which can get us even close to the 1981-2010 summer average at Edinburgh Gogarbank.
Even for this month to be sunnier than average, we would need to be averaging almost 10 hours of sunshine per day during the last 8 days of this month after that, and we are unlikely to get even close to that, going by the latest model output.
The result of this is that this summer is now about to end with all three of its months being both wetter than average and duller than average.
As far as the temperatures are concerned, both this month and the month of June have been warmer than average overall, and this has resulted in this summer being slightly warmer than average overall.
However, July was a cooler than average month here and it has only really been the overnight minimum temperatures which have kept this month warmer than average. Our daytime maximum temperatures during this month haven't actually been any better than average and over the course of this summer as whole, the daytime maximum temperatures actually come out very slightly cooler than average here overall.
It is on this basis that I can't really describe this as being much of a summer here, especially since the remaining eight days of this summer after today are forecast to be quite cool overall. Furthermore, the fact that it has been wet and dull overall means that it has been really dismal overall and if I were to rate this summer just now, I couldn't give it any more than 2 out of 10 (the only reasons why I have given it anything at all is due to that odd day where it was sunny with a temperature of around 28°C, and because of those recent thunderstorms).
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Sunday, August 23, 2020 2:16:08 PM
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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.