Latest Rainfall Data For Edinburgh As At 9am This Morning |
|
Edinburgh Gogarbank |
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens |
24 Hours To 9am This Morning (mm) |
9.2 |
10.4 |
Total Amount For This Month (mm) |
44.2 (79.1% of LTA) |
33.6 (65.0% of LTA) |
Number of Rain Days This Month |
9 (76.3% of LTA) |
9 (90.1% of LTA) |
Total Amount For This Spring (mm) |
44.2 (29.3% of LTA) |
33.6 (23.8% of LTA) |
Number of Rain Days This Spring |
9 (27.3% of LTA) |
9 (31.8% of LTA) |
Total Amount For This Year (mm) |
300.2 (39.8% of LTA) |
248.6 (35.3% of LTA) |
Number of Rain Days This Year |
45 (32.8% of LTA) |
41 (33.0% of LTA) |
Requirements for This Month to be Wetter than Average Overall |
|
Edinburgh Gogarbank |
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens |
Minimum Actual Total (mm) |
11.8 |
18.1 |
Minimum Number of Rain Days |
3 |
1 |
LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question at that particular station.
These above requirements need to be met before the end of this month in order to this month to be wetter than average in the stated manner.
The above data is all suggesting that this should now end up being yet another wetter than average month here both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, and in terms of the number of official rain days.
However, the general outlook according to the models continues to look very dry with many models indicating that last night's rainfall might now end up being the last significant rainfall which we get for quite a while.
As a result of that, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in particular, may well still be on course for this month to be slightly drier than average there overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts although that could still be a close run thing at Edinburgh Gogarbank.
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.