A massive 3mm for the month here in NW Leeds. 

0 mm for July here.

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not a single drop here, 33 days no rain

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The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:

Data For Recent Days

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 2.4 mm (as at 9:40 am BST (08:40 UTC) this morning on Saturday 1 August 2026)

Monthly Data

Final Total for July 2026: 48.8 mm (67.9% of 1991-2020 July average)

Number of rain days during July 2026: 10 (87.8% of 1991-2020 July average)

Number of dry days during July 2026: 18

In terms of the actual rainfall amounts,July 2026 was yet another drier than average month though nothing like as dry as it has been in other parts of the UK. Unlike in other recent months though, July 2026 was also drier than average in terms of the number of official rain days.

Seasonal Data

Total for this summer so far: 98.4 mm (45.7% of 1991-2020 summer average)

Number of rain days during this summer: 22 (65.3% of 1991-2020 summer average)

Number of dry days during this summer: 34

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 349.8 mm (44.6% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 87 (63.3% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 89

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.

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Despite showers popping up over south and east Kent today, the Folkestone Rain Deflector remained as effective as ever as I enter the 35th day without any significant rain.

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46mm for my nearest station so 57% of average. Most of that fell in the last week

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0.6 mm at the vineyard. That’s compared with well North of 80mm in June. And over 200mm in July 2025 when the rest of the South was in drought!

6.6mm at my Southern Burgundy weather station. But it’s much yellower there. A mean temp for the month of 25.6C, that’s more than 6C warmer than the Kent one, a July average dpt of 11C, and only 26mm in June.

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In addition to my above report for Edinburgh Gogarbank, other totals from roost weather.com, using the long term averages from the Met Office website which I can report on here are:

The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh

Total: 56.6 mm (78.6% of 1991-2020 July average)

Number of rain days: 9 (78.5% of 1991-2020 July Average)

Charterhall in the Scottish Borders

Total: 51.8 mm (74.0% of 1991-2020 July Average)

Number of rain days: 6 (51.3% of 1991-2020 July Average)

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Here also, the unthinkable has happened.   Zero measurable rainfall for the whole of July, with just a couple of days having just a fleeting few spots of rain (7th and 26th July).  Not enough to even register 0.1mm.   So therefore 0.0mm it is here for July.   Certainly the first month I've recorded without rainfall, in records that go back 44 years.   Previous driest month was February 1985 with 1.5mm.

Also, we've now had 45 consecutive days with just 1mm of rain, that falling on June 30th.

 Currently this is the longest spell without rain since 2002 (Mar 23rd-Apr 25th)  

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