Now that we have just entered another new month, I can now confirm that the final total for March comes out as 80.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 77.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this is 143.8% of the 1981-2010 average for that station whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 149.7% of its 1981-2010 average rainfall during March.
Overall, this shows that March was a substantially wetter than average month at both of those stations in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, despite an almost complete lack of any sort of rainfall over the last couple of weeks.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank had 15 official rain days during March and this shows that it was also a wetter than average month there in terms of the number of official rain days since that amounts to 127.1% of the 1981-2010 average. It is a similar story at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which had 14 official rain days with that amounting to 141.4% of the 1981-2010 average.
In addition to that, I can also confirm that the total for this spring so far as at midnight going into Monday 1 April 2019 is 80.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 77.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this is 53.2% of the 1981-2010 average whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had 54.9% of its 1981-2010 average during this spring so far as at midnight going into Monday 1 April 2019.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had 15 official rain days during this spring so far as at midnight going into 1 April 2019 which is 45.5% of the 1981-2010 average whereas the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had 14 official rain days during this spring so far which is 49.5% of the 1981-2010 average.
I can also confirm that during 2019 so far, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had a total of 111.2 mm of rain as at midnight going into 1 April 2019 which is 14.7% of the 1981-2010 average, whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had a total of 108.2 mm of rain during 2019 so far as at midnight going into 1 April 2019, which is 15.4% of the 1981-2010 average.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had 26 official rain days so far during 2019 as at midnight going into 1 April 2019 which is 18.9% of the 1981-2010 average whereas the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had 22 official rain days during 2019 so far at at midnight going into 1 April 2019 which is 17.1% of the 1981-2010 average.
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.