Now that we have just entered another new month, I can now confirm that the final total for May comes out as 80.0 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 72.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this is 163.3% of the 1981-2010 average for that station whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 148.5% of its 1981-2010 average rainfall during May.
Overall, this shows that May was substantially wetter than average at both of those stations in terms of the actual rainfall amounts. Until just a few days ago, it had looked as though May wouldn't be all that much wetter than average until a very wet end to the month resulted in that month being much wetter than what it had looked as though it would end up being.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank had 14 official rain days during May and this shows that it was also much wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days since that amounts to 122.8% of the 1981-2010 average.
In addition to that, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 13 official rain days during May with that amounting to 135.4% of the 1981-2010 average, thus making May a much wetter than average month there overall in terms of the number of official rain days.
As we have also just entered a brand new season, I can also confirm that the final total for this spring was 199.0 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 183.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this is 131.8% of the 1981-2010 average whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 129.8% of its 1981-2010 average during this spring so that for both of these stations, this spring was much wetter than average overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank had 37 official rain days during this spring which is 112.1% of the 1981-2010 average whereas the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 36 official rain days during this spring which is 127.2% of the 1981-2010 average so that for both of these stations, this spring was much wetter than average overall in terms of the number of official rain days.
Finally, I can also confirm that during 2019 so far, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had a total of 229.8 mm of rain as at midnight going into 1 June 2019 which is 30.5% of the 1981-2010 average, whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had a total of 214.0 mm of rain during 2019 so far as at midnight going into 1 June 2019, which is 30.4% of the 1981-2010 average.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had 48 official rain days so far during 2019 as at midnight going into 1 June 2019 which is 35.0% of the 1981-2010 average whereas the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had 44 official rain days during 2019 so far at at midnight going into 1 June 2019 which is 35.4% 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.