The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:
Data For Recent Days24 Hour Total up to 9am (09:00 UTC) this morning: 10.8 mm
Total since 9am (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm as at 6pm this evening (on Friday 29 December 2023).
Monthly DataTotal for this month so far: 108.2 mm (144.5% of December average).
Number of rain days during this month so far: 16 (122.3% of December average).
Number of dry days during this month so far: 6
This means that more rain has now fallen during this month than the December average and so regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month, this month will go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, more official rain days have now been recorded during this month than the December average and so this month will now go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.
Seasonal DataTotal for this winter so far: 108.2 mm (51.8% of winter average)
Number of rain days during this winter so far: 16 (43.1% of winter average).
Number of dry days during this winter so far: 6
Annual DataTotal for this year so far: 814.0 mm (103.8% of annual average).
Number of rain days during this year so far: 134 (97.5% of annual average).
Number of dry days during this year so far: 161
This means that more rain has now fallen during this year than the annual average and so regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month, this year will go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
However, there are not enough days left in this month for it to be possible for this year to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days and so regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month, this year will do down as being drier than average in terms of the number of rain days.
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.
Edited by user
29 December 2023 19:25:14
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