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Thanks, Duckiepuddle, and have a happy and great birthday celebration yourself! Appalling birthday weather for us both though. It's way out of character! 

Anyway, the latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 3.8 mm

Total since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 2.8 mm as at 7:00 am BST (06:00 UTC) this morning on Friday 12 April 2024.

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 98.6 mm (215.0% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of rain days during this month so far: 9 (97.7% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of dry days during this month so far: 1

This month will go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days if any more rain days are recorded between now and the end of this month.

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 199.8 mm (134.5% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring so far: 22 (72.7% of 1991-2020 spring average).

Number of dry days during this spring so far: 10

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 326.0 mm (41.6% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of rain days during this year so far: 49 (35.7% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of dry days during this year so far: 27

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.

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 2.8 mm

Total since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 1.0 mm as at 6:00 pm BST (17:00 UTC) this evening on Friday 12 April 2024.

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 99.6 mm (217.1% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of rain days during this month so far: 10 (108.6% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of dry days during this month so far: 1

More official rain days have now been recorded during this month than the 1991-2020 April average and so this month will now go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 200.8 mm (135.2% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring so far: 23 (76.0% of 1991-2020 spring average).

Number of dry days during this spring so far: 10

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 327.0 mm (41.7% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of rain days during this year so far: 50 (36.4% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of dry days during this year so far: 27

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.

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 2.6 mm

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 101.2 mm (220.6% of 1991-2020 April average).

This is now the second month in succession in which there has been more than 100 mm of rain here and we're still not even halfway through this month yet.

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 202.4 mm (136.3% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 328.6 mm (41.9% of 1991-2020 annual average).

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.

Sounds about right, got 76mm here.

Data For Recent Days

Total since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 2.6 mm as at 9:00 pm BST (20:00 UTC) this evening on Saturday 13 April 2024.

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 103.8 mm (226.3% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of rain days during this month so far: 11 (119.4% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of dry days during this month so far: 1

This month will now go down as our wettest month of this year so far regardless of what happens between now and the end of it. This makes it hard to believe that April is actually our driest month of the year on average according to the 1991-2020 averages.

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 205.0 mm (138.0% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring so far: 24 (79.3% of 1991-2020 spring average).

Number of dry days during this spring so far: 10

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 331.2 mm (42.2% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of rain days during this year so far: 51 (37.1% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of dry days during this year so far: 27

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.

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 3.0 mm

Total since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 3.6 mm as at 8:00 am BST (07:00 UTC) this morning on Monday 15 April 2024.

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 107.8 mm (235.0% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of rain days during this month so far: 12 (130.3% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of dry days during this month so far: 1

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 209.0 mm (140.7% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring so far: 25 (82.6% of 1991-2020 spring average).

Number of dry days during this spring so far: 10

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 335.2 mm (42.7% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of rain days during this year so far: 52 (37.8% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of dry days during this year so far: 27

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.

Data For Recent Days

Total since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 1.6 mm as at 7:00 pm BST (18:00 UTC) this evening on Sunday 21 April 2024.

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 110.2 mm (240.2% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of rain days during this month so far: 13 (141.2% of 1991-2020 April average).

Number of dry days during this month so far: 5

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 211.4 mm (142.3% of 1991-2020 spring average)

Number of rain days during this spring so far: 26 (86.0% of 1991-2020 spring average).

Number of dry days during this spring so far: 14

This means that only at least another 5 rain days now need to be recorded between now and the end of next month in order for this spring to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 337.6 mm (43.0% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of rain days during this year so far: 53 (38.6% of 1991-2020 annual average).

Number of dry days during this year so far: 31

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.

Add the sun onto that. As I pointed out to the folks at the wolf centre on Saturday, it's now as strong as it is at the back end of August, so has a lot of drying power. (It also effortlessly heats the upstairs of my house into the low 20s, despite it only being 12C at most yesterday outside!)

The ground at the wolf centre (a few miles SW of Reading, in the hills) went from a bit muddy to dry in the space of a week.

It's been a dry month so far here, anyway. 22mm of rain so far (of which 7mm came in a very localised storm), which is only 65% of the average amount we should have had at this point in April.