Rainfall Data Since 10am (09:00 UTC) Yesterday Morning |
|
Edinburgh Gogarbank |
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens |
Total Amount (mm) |
2.0 |
1.8 |
Rainfall Data For This Month |
|
Edinburgh Gogarbank |
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens |
Total Amount (mm) |
83.2 (98.5% of LTA) |
83.6 (110.6% of LTA) |
Number of Rain Days |
11 (85.9% of LTA) |
11 (88.7% of LTA) |
Number of Dry Days |
6 |
7 |
Minimum Requirements For This Month To Be Wetter Than LTA |
|
Edinburgh Gogarbank |
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens |
Required Amount (mm) |
1.4 |
0.0 |
Number of Rain Days |
2 |
2 |
Rainfall Data For This Autumn |
|
Edinburgh Gogarbank |
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens |
Total Amount (mm) |
132.4 (61.2% of LTA) |
129.4 (64.3% of LTA) |
Number of Rain Days |
19 (52.5% of LTA) |
19 (56.2% of LTA) |
Number of Dry Days |
22 |
25 |
Rainfall Data For This Year |
|
Edinburgh Gogarbank |
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens |
Total Amount (mm) |
765.4 (101.5% of LTA) |
688.6 (97.8% of LTA) |
Number of Rain Days |
115 (83.8% of LTA) |
110 (88.6% of LTA) |
Number Of Dry Days |
132 |
132 |
Minimum Requirements For This Year To Be Wetter Than LTA |
|
Edinburgh Gogarbank |
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens |
Required Amount (mm) |
0.0 |
15.8 |
All of the above data is taken from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and is for up until 09:00 UTC (10am BST) on 23 October 2020.
This month's data runs from 09:00 UTC (10am BST) on 1 October 2020.
Minimum requirements for this month to be met between 09:00 UTC (10am BST) today and 09:00 UTC (9am GMT) on 1 November 2020
This autumn's data runs from 09:00 UTC (10am BST) on 1 September 2020.
This year's data runs from 09:00 UTC (9am GMT) on 1 January 2020
Minimum requirements for this year to be met between 09:00 UTC (10am BST) today and 09:00 UTC (9am GMT) on 1 January 2021
LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question at that particular station.
Since there has been enough rain to make up an official rain day during the last 24 hours, it is my duty to report that here. However, the above amounts haven't been much and I'm sure that this will be followed by a flood of other posts from people who will be reporting much higher totals than me not just for the last 24 hours, but also (and especially so) for this month as a whole.
Our totals might look fairly high, but it has to be borne in mind that a lot of that has been down to what happened on one particular day when the UK as a whole, recorded its wettest October day on record.
Furthermore, our 1981-2010 averages are higher for this month than what they for any other month within the entire year. This means that if you take that one very wet day at the very start of this month out of the equation, this hasn't actually been all that wet a month overall, and would actually be running much drier than average overall in terms of the actual amounts at both of those stations if that was the case.
Indeed, I have lost track of the number of times recently where I have seen a very unsettled outlook with the GFS model showing it to be wetter than average, only for that to end up being drier than average when that particular period comes up with there then being less rain than what was originally expected.
That is happening just now as well because there is even a fragmenting band of rain crossing the country just now which is refusing to fall in this part of the world and so, we will probably be lucky to get even a fraction of a millimetre from that over the next 24 hours once again, let alone an official rain day.
That is therefore, yet another factor which surely makes Edinburgh the most boring part of the UK when it comes to our weather as that rain WILL be falling elsewhere, with other members of this forum no doubt reporting higher totals for their neck of the woods as a result.
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.