Edinburgh has been let off lightly - 'only' 192%

Edinburgh always gets off lightly when it comes to rainfall which is why we hardly ever get any wetter than average months here these days (this month is only our first wetter than average month of this year and also our wettest month of this year so far by some considerable amount) even when the rest of the UK is experiencing a deluge.

This means that it only ever really gets really wet for a very short period of time when it does before drying out again, and usually before that even happens in the rest of the UK.

Because of that, I wouldn't be surprised if April is a lot drier and possibly even drier than average with the deluge going on elsewhere although that will be more of a subject for next month's thread when that is started tomorrow.

Monthly Data

Final Total for March 2024: 101.2 mm (192.8% of 1991-2020 March average).

Number of rain days during March 2024: 13 (126.5% of 1991-2020 March average).

Number of dry days during March 2024: 9

A thoroughly wet month, especially in terms of the actual rainfall amounts with nearly twice the monthly average rainfall.

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 101.2 mm (68.1% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring so far: 13 (43.0% of 1991-2020 spring average).

Number of dry days during this spring so far: 9

Unless April and May are both exceptionally dry with virtual drought conditions, this spring is already looking certain to be wetter than average overall.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 227.4 mm (29.0% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of rain days during this year so far: 40 (29.1% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of dry days during this year so far: 26

Unlike the last two years, there are no concerns about any overall deficit at this time of the year and if anyway, we actually have a rainfall surplus for this time of the year which hasn't been the case for quite a while here.

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.

The hell is just never ending with just three drier than average months in 19 now and the rolling 12-month total remaining ludicrous at 1176mm🤢

A dull month too, only 87hrs sun (75%)