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 this morning (09:00 UTC): 0.2 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Monthly Data
Final total for May 2022: 39.6 mm (78.9% of 1991-2020 May average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 30.8 mm (64.7% of 1991-2020 May average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during May 2022: 15 (139.4% of 1991-2020 May average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 12 (124.6% of 1991-2020 May average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during May 2022: 9 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 10 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Overall, May 2022 was wetter than average here in terms of the number of official rain days and in addition to that, it was also our wettest month of the spring overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts. However, it was yet another substantially drier than average month overall in terms of the actual rainfall totals and on those terms, our run of drier than average months goes on.
Seasonal Data
Final Total for Spring 2022: 87.6 mm (59.0% of 1991-2020 Spring average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 81.6 mm (59.6% of 1991-2020 Spring average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during Spring 2022: 29 (95.9% of 1991-2020 Spring average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 24 (85.4% of 1991-2020 Spring average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during Spring 2022: 45 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 45 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Overall, Spring 2022 was substantially drier than average here both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, and in terms of the number of official rain days.
Annual Data
Total for this year so far: 230.6 mm (29.4% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 193.6 mm (26.6% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this year so far: 53 (38.6% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 48 (37.4% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this year so far: 70 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 69 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.