The spring of 2026 was quite dry although the rainfall has been varied across much of the UK. During March and April, the UK as a whole was very dry. Here in Edinburgh, I was in what was probably one of the wettest parts of the UK during that time and for here, this spring wasn't as dry overall as last spring. Even with that though, it was still never really all that wet here during those months.

During May, that trend continued for here but across the UK, the rainfall was a lot more variable with a number of those locations which were lucky enough to experience those thunderstorms at the end of that big heatwave ending up much wetter as a result.

Here in Edinburgh, there is an ongoing trend at the moment for months to start off on a wet note and for much of the time, look as though it is going to end up being much wetter than average only for it to then dry up so much that there is then barely any rainfall at all in the second half of that month with that month end up being drier than average as a result, after looking for so long as though it was going to be wetter than average.

The latest model output is suggesting that this month is likewise, also likely to start off on a relatively wet note (this doesn't necessarily mean that it will be a complete washout such as what we saw in 2007 and 2012) but there are a number of hints in the unreliable time frames of those models that the second half of the month could then be much drier with even a possible return to warmer and sunnier weather.

The big question is whether or not that ends up happens, thereby continuing the trend for here which I've just mentioned or whether we end up seeing something completely different from that this month.

Regardless of how all of that pans out though, this is the very place to post those all important rainfall totals for this month in your area.

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 1.8 mm

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 1.2 mm (as at 6:40 am BST (05:40 UTC) this morning on Tuesday 2 June 2026)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 1.2 mm (1.7% of 1991-2020 June average)

Number of rain days during this month: 1 (9.0% of 1991-2020 June average)

Number of dry days during this month: 0

Seasonal Data

Total for this summer so far: 1.2 mm (0.6% of 1991-2020 summer average)

Number of rain days during this summer: 1 (3.0% of 1991-2020 summer average)

Number of dry days during this summer: 0

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 252.6 mm (32.2% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 66 (48.0% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 55

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.

24.4mm between midnight and 6AM here at Kew

Data For Recent Days

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 5.6 mm (as at 7:40 am BST (06:40 UTC) this morning on Thursday 4 June 2026)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 6.8 mm (9.9% of 1991-2020 June average)

Number of rain days during this month: 2 (18.0% of 1991-2020 June average)

Number of dry days during this month: 1

Seasonal Data

Total for this summer so far: 6.8 mm (3.2% of 1991-2020 summer average)

Number of rain days during this summer: 2 (5.9% of 1991-2020 summer average)

Number of dry days during this summer: 1

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 258.2 mm (32.9% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 67 (48.8% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 56

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 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 2.2 mm (as at 7:40 am BST (06:40 UTC) this morning on Monday 8 June 2026)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 10.2 mm (14.8% of 1991-2020 June average)

Number of rain days during this month: 4 (35.9% of 1991-2020 June average)

Number of dry days during this month: 2

Seasonal Data

Total for this summer so far: 10.2 mm (4.7% of 1991-2020 summer average)

Number of rain days during this summer: 4 (11.9% of 1991-2020 summer average)

Number of dry days during this summer: 2

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 261.6 mm (33.4% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 69 (50.2% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 57

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.

Edit. A familiar fizzling out affair it seems for the SE.

Yes, not sure why they don't program that into the forecast models, as Darren and I keep noting. 42.1mm for June now which is more than useful, mostly  from last Tuesday's 20mm.

2mm so far today! Might be a bit more on the way, but a deluge... definitely not. 

Looking at the NW radar accumulated totals, Grain - not a million miles away - has had 7mm so far.

Yes 3mm here. Looks like it either fizzled or went to your East as well in the end. Still we've had 42mm so far this month which has largely done its job, gardening wise anyway.