The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:
Data For Recent Days
24 Hour Total Up To 10am BST yesterday morning (09:00 UTC): 2.6 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Total since 10am BST yesterday morning (09:00 UTC): 0.0 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 0.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (as at 9am BST this morning on Friday 20 May 2022)
Monthly Data
Total for this month so far: 31.8 mm (63.4% of 1991-2020 May average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 23.6 mm (49.6% of 1991-2020 May average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this month so far: 11 (102.2% of 1991-2020 May average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 9 (93.5% of 1991-2020 May average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this month so far: 3 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 4 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
This means that just another 18.6 mm of rain or more now needs to fall 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 in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, there has now been more official rain days during this month at Edinburgh Gogarbank than the 1991-2020 May average for that particular station which means that regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month, this month will now go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.
Furthermore, this month will also go down as being wetter than average at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in terms of the number of rain days if any more rain days are recorded there between now and the end of this month.
Seasonal Data
Total for this Spring so far: 79.8 mm (53.7% of 1991-2020 Spring average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 74.4 mm (54.4% of 1991-2020 Spring average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this Spring so far: 25 (82.6% of 1991-2020 Spring average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 21 (74.8% of 1991-2020 Spring average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this Spring so far: 39 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 39 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Annual Data
Total for this year so far: 222.8 mm (28.4% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 186.4 mm (25.6% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this year so far: 49 (35.7% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 45 (35.1% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this year so far: 64 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 63 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Note
This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
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.