In the end, a total of 5.4 mm of rain fell during yesterday Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 4.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
In addition to that, a total of 1.8 mm of rain has fallen during today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 7am this morning along with 1.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, that takes the total for this month so far to 38.6 mm, the total for this spring so far to 119.6 mm and the total for this year so far to 149.8 mm as at 7am this morning.
This means that at least another 7.6 mm of rain needs to be recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
This also means that it is still just possible and no more, for this month to go down as a wetter than average month overall at Edinburgh Gogarbank in terms of the number of official rain days but since today is already an official rain day there, this would require the last two days of this month to also be official rain days there in order for that to happen.
For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, that takes the total for this month so far to 26.0 mm, the total for this spring so far to 103.4 mm and the total for this year so far to 134.2 mm as at 8am this morning.
This means that at least another 7.4 mm of rain needs to be recorded at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
Since there has already been more official rain days during this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh than the 1981-2010 April average for there (that scenario has just been sealed as a result of today being an official rain day there), this month will now go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.
Looking ahead, the outlook over the next few days (and therefore, the rest of this month) is now much drier. This makes it highly unlikely that either of those above stations will receive the amounts of rain between now and the end of this month which are required to make this month wetter than average overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts which means that it this month is still likely to go down in the end as being slightly drier than average at both of those stations in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
This also makes it unlikely that there will be any more official rain days during this month at either of those stations which means that Edinburgh Gogarbank is likely to come out as being slightly drier than average overall in terms of the number of official rain days.
However, it should be noted that this month's rainfall totals at both of those above stations are only just below that respective station's 1981-2010 April average which means that to all intents and purposes, this has really been more or less, an average month here overall in terms of rainfall.
When you add in the fact that we had rather a wet March, this means that this spring overall is still running a bit wetter than average overall despite the recent unofficial absolute drought in this part of the world.
The next water scarcity report from SEPA will be interesting, but the last one which was issued on 1 April 2019 stated that as a result of the wet March which we had, groundwater levels in this area had at that time more or less returned to normal, although they were still rather low in parts of NE Scotland. Because of this, the water scarcity risk for the coming summer has now been reduced to low, from the previous medium level although that medium level of risk is still in place for parts of NE Scotland.
For this part of the world though, this means that there shouldn't now be any concerns about any hosepipe bans or water shortages even if we do go on to have a decent summer which is hot, dry and sunny.
Edited by user
28 April 2019 07:14:23
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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.