Given below, are the final August statistics for Edinburgh, Gogarbank from all of the data which I have available which are:

Temperature (°C):

Lowest Min: 8.9 (on 13/8)
Highest Min: 17.1 (on 16/8)
Mean Min: 12.9
Min. Anomaly: +2.1

Lowest Max: 15.6 (on 11/8)
Highest Max: 24.9 (on 24/8)
Mean Max: 20.0
Max. Anomaly: +0.9

Ave. Temp.: 15.7
Temp. Anomaly: +0.7

Rainfall (mm):

Total for Month: 136.2 (200.9% of 1981/2010 average)
Wettest Day: 37.8 (on 7/8)
Rain Days: 15 (133.9% of 1981/2010 average)
Dry Days: 7
Longest Dry Spell: 4 days (23/8 to 26/8 inclusive)
Highest Number of Days without a single dry day: 11 days (4/8 to 14/8 inclusive)

Sunshine Totals (hrs):

Total For Month: 149.7 (100.5% of 1981-2010 average)
Sunniest Day: 11.3 (on 25/8)
Sunless Days: 2

Conclusion:

Overall, August was another warmer than average month, but without any of the temperature records which occurred during July.

However, it was a substantially wetter than average month not only in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, but also in terms of the number of official rain days. In terms of the actual rainfall amounts, it was the wettest August since 2008 at that particular station.

It was also a slightly sunnier than average month overall, although that status wasn't actually confirmed until after 5pm on the very last day of the month. In fact, the deviation from the 1981-2010 August average was so small in this case that we can more or less say that August was an average month overall at Edinburgh Gogarbank in terms of the sunshine totals.

 

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Average temperature = 15.4°C; diff from climate av: +0.9°C
Average humidity = 72%
Average dewpoint = 10.3°C
Average barometer = 1011.3 mb
Average windspeed = 7.9 mph
Average gustspeed = 11.2 mph
Average direction = 232° ( SW)
Rainfall for month = 59.8 mm (-26mm)
Rainfall for year = 488.9 mm (-48mm)
Maximum rain per minute = 1.5 mm on day 06 at time 17:33
Maximum temperature = 27.8°C on day 25 at time 15:14
Minimum temperature = 7.8°C on day 14 at time 03:25
Maximum humidity = 78% on day 31 at time 22:26
Minimum humidity = 39% on day 24 at time 16:31
Maximum dewpoint = 19.4°C on day 27 at time 16:29
Minimum dewpoint = 3.8°C on day 14 at time 3:25
Maximum pressure = 1024.1 mb on day 20 at time 23:19
Minimum pressure = 990.9 mb on day 10 at time 05:41
Maximum windspeed = 27.6 mph from 225°( SW) on day 30 at time 12:18
Maximum gust speed = 43.7 mph from 225°( SW) on day 30 at time 12:17
Maximum heat index = 28.3°C on day 25 at time 15:13
Avg daily max temp :19.6°C
Avg daily min temp :11.4°C
Growing degrees days :174.1 GDD
Total windrun = 5374.7miles
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Daily rain totals
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03.2 mm on day 1
04.5 mm on day 2
02.8 mm on day 4
08.6 mm on day 6
01.1 mm on day 7
11.2 mm on day 9
08.4 mm on day 10
00.6 mm on day 11
00.6 mm on day 12
00.4 mm on day 13
01.1 mm on day 14
04.8 mm on day 15
06.7 mm on day 16
01.7 mm on day 17
00.2 mm on day 18
00.6 mm on day 20
01.1 mm on day 21
01.1 mm on day 22
00.4 mm on day 28

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Given below, are the final August statistics for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh from all of the data which I have available which are:

Temperature (°C):

Lowest Min: 8.2 (on 13/8)
Highest Min: 15.3 (on 23/8)
Mean Min: 12.5
Min. Anomaly: +1.1

Lowest Max: 15.4 (on 11/8)
Highest Max: 24.5 (on 24/8)
Mean Max: 20.1
Max. Anomaly: +1.2

Ave. Temp.: 16.3
Temp. Anomaly: +1.2

Rainfall (mm):

Total for Month: 140.8 (233.9% of 1981/2010 average)
Wettest Day: 33.6 (on 11/8)
Rain Days: 15 (154.6% of 1981/2010 average)
Dry Days: 7
Longest Dry Spell: 4 days (23/8 to 26/8 inclusive)
Highest Number of Days without a single dry day: 15 days (3/8 to 17/8 inclusive)

Sunshine Totals (hrs):

Total For Month: 201.7 (124.9% of 1981-2010 average)
Sunniest Day: 11.7 (on 26/8)
Sunless Days: 2

Conclusion:

As was the case at Edinburgh Gogarbank, August was also a warmer than average month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, though not as warm overall as it was during July.

August was by far, the wettest month of the summer at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, and the wettest August there since 2011.

However, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh were much sunnier than Edinburgh Gogarbank right throughout the summer with August also being substantially sunnier than average there, unlike Edinburgh Gogarbank which only had around average sunshine during that same month.

 

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