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speckledjim
30 April 2026 07:33:01
Final total month is 18mm
Thorner, West Yorkshire



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NMA
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30 April 2026 08:01:44
14.5mm here with four days when rain fell.
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

warrenb
30 April 2026 08:54:51
Total here (as he looks a completely cloudless sky) is 2mm for the month.
johncs2016
01 May 2026 09:26:35
The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:

Monthly Data

Final Total for May 2026: 38.0 mm (82.8% of 1991-2020 April average)

Number of rain days during May 2026: 10 (108.6% of 1991-2020 April average)

Number of dry days during this month: 15

The number of official rain days in April 2026 was slightly above average but those all occurred in the first half of the month. No rainfall at all has been recorded here since 20 April 2026 and there hasn't been an official rain day here since 15 April 2026. Consequently, normal service for here was once again resumed with the actual rainfall totals once again returning to being below average as per usual for here.

Seasonal Data

Total for this spring so far: 100.0 mm (67.3% of 1991-2020 spring average)

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

Number of dry days during this spring: 28

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 212.2 mm (27.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 54 (39.3% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 40

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 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.

fairweather
01 May 2026 11:46:17
2.5mm for here for the month.
S.Essex, 42m ASL
sunny coast
01 May 2026 16:14:24
3mm for Apr 
Retron
01 May 2026 16:25:36
2.0mm according to Cumulus - of which 1.6mm fell on the 13th.
Leysdown, north Kent
tierradelfuego
01 May 2026 17:57:02
Obviously had a deluge here compared to recent reports, 9.8mm for the month.
Bucklebury

West Berkshire Downs AONB

135m ASL

VP2 with daytime FARS

Rainfall collector separated at ground level

Anemometer separated above roof level

WeatherLink Live (Byles Green Crew )

Andy J
01 May 2026 18:50:22
12.5mm the final total here for April.   Only 29% of average, however not as dry as April last year with a total of just 9.5mm.

Almost all the month's rainfall fell from the 12th to 17th.


Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

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