The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:
Data For Recent Days24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 4.2 mm
Total since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 22.8 mm as at 11:00 pm BST (22:00 UTC) tonight on Wednesday 3 April 2024.
This makes today our wettest day of this year so far, and it's still raining even as I write although the rain is gradually easing off and starting to clear away now.
Monthly DataTotal for this month so far: 43.0 mm (93.7% of 1991-2020 April average).
Number of rain days during this month so far: 3 (32.6% of 1991-2020 April average).
Number of dry days during this month so far: 0
This means that only at least another 2.8 mm of rain now needs to fall between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual amounts.
Seasonal DataTotal for this spring so far: 144.2 mm (97.1% of 1991-2020 spring average)
Number of rain days during this spring so far: 16 (52.9% of 1991-2020 spring average).
Number of dry days during this spring so far: 9
This means that only at least another 4.4 mm of rain now needs to fall between now and the end of next month in order for this spring to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual amounts.
Annual DataTotal for this year so far: 270.4 mm (34.5% of 1991-2020 annual average).
Number of rain days during this year so far: 43 (31.3% of 1991-2020 annual average).
Number of dry days during this year so far: 26
NoteThis data has been obtained from
https://www.ogimet.com in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.
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.