I'm very late with this update due to a very busy day for other reasons, but the latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank (shown as station 1 below) and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (shown below as station 2) is as follows:
24 Hour Total To 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 3.4 mm at station 1, 1.4 mm at station 2
Total For This Month So Far: 58.6 mm (69.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 68.04 mm (89.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 12 (93.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 15 (121.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 7 at station 1, 2 at station 7
This means that a total of 7.8 mm of rain or more, still needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, this month will go down as being wetter than average at Edinburgh Gogarbank in terms of the number of rain days if any more official rain days are recorded there between now and the end of this month.
Total For This Autumn So Far: 113.6 mm (52.5 % of LTA) at station 1, 124.0 mm (57.4 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Autumn So Far: 24(66.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 26(76.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Autumn So Far: 22 at station 1, 19 at station 2
Total Amount During This Year So Far: 603.4 mm (80.0 % of LTA) at station 1, 605.6 mm (86.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 100 (72.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 108 (87.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 149 at station 1, 144 at station 2
LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question at the particular station in question.
All of this data has been taken from SEPA with each observation day starting and ending on 09:00 UTC on each day.
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.