The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:
Data For Recent Days
24 Hour Total Up To 10am BST this morning (09:00 UTC): 3.2 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Monthly Data
Total for this month so far: 55.0 mm (66.5% of 1991-2020 October average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 44.0 mm (58.1% of 1991-2020 October average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this month so far: 11 (84.6% of 1991-2020 October average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 12 (102.3% of 1991-2020 October average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this month so far: 5 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 3 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
This means that just another 2 or more rain days now needs to be recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.
In addition to that, more official rain days have now been recorded at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh during this month than the 1991-2020 October average for there which means that regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month, this month will now go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.
Seasonal Data
Total for this Autumn so far: 131.2 mm (62.0% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 119.0 mm (60.8% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this Autumn so far: 20 (54.9% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 21 (62.9% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this Autumn so far: 21 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 18 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Annual Data
Total for this year so far: 489.6 mm (62.4% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 425.4 mm (58.5% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this year so far: 100 (72.8% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 92 (71.7% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this year so far: 147 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 143 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Note
This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
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.