Given below are the final statistics for August for Edinburgh Gogarbank from all of the data which I have available which are:
Temperature (°C)Lowest Minimum: 5.11 (on 30/8/24)
Highest Minimum: 14.95 (on 27/8/24)
Mean Minimum: 11.44
Minimum Anomaly: +0.46
Lowest Maximum: 15.57 (on 25/8/24)
Highest Maximum: 24.70 (on 5/8/24)
Mean Maximum: 19.47
Maximum Anomaly: +0.30
Lowest Average: 12.03 (on 30/8/24)
Highest Average: 18.89 (on 5/8/24)
Average Temperature: 15.45
Average Anomaly: +0.38
Lowest Diurnal Temperature Range: 3.26 (on 21/8/24)
Highest Diurnal Temperature Range: 13.83 (on 30/8/24)
Average Diurnal Temperature Range: 8.03
Other Temperature StatisticsSingle Figures Minimum Temperatures: 6
Double Figures Maximum Temperatures: 17
Double Figures Minimum Temperatures: 25
Maximum Temperatures Above 20°C: 14
Tropical Nights: 0
Maximum Temperatures Above 30°C: 0
Rainfall (mm)Total for August: 68.2 (91.3% of 1991-2020 August average)
Wettest Day: 16.2 (on 22/8/24)
Highest Hourly Total: 4.6 (on 23/8/24 at 05:00)
Highest Ten Minute Total: 1.8 (on 12/8/24 at 07:30)
Rain Days: 15 (134.3% of 1991-2020 August average)
Dry Days: 10
Longest Dry Spell 3 days (29/8 to 31/8)
Longest Non-Dry Spell 5 days (13/8 to 17/8, 19/8 to 23/8)
Most Consecutive Rain Days 5 days (19/8 to 23/8)
Longest Period Without a Rain Day: 3 days (1/8 to 3/8, 16/8 to 18/8, 29/8 to 31/8)
Wind Speed (mph)
Average Mean Wind Speed: 10.8 (136.7% of 1991-2020 August average)
Highest Mean Wind Speed: 25.5 (on 22/8/24)
Highest Wind Gust: 42.3 (on 22/8/24)
Most Common Wind Direction WSW
Pressure (mb)Lowest Pressure: 987.6 (on 22/8/24)
Average Pressure: 1007.8
Highest Pressure: 1028.1 (on 30/8/24)
Sunshine Total (hrs)Total for August: 162.5 (111.5% of 1991-2020 August average)
Sunniest Day: 12.2 (on 14/8/24)
Sunless Days: 1 (on 19/8)
ConclusionOverall, August 2024 was just marginally warmer than average here, but with the mean temperature for the month falling within half a degree of the 1991-2020 average which is enough for me to able to say that this was really just an average month in terms of the temperatures.
It was an unsettled month overall but the actual rainfall total was close to average but very slightly below the 1991-2020 average. However, it was a fairly wet month in terms of the number of official rain days and that is what tells us how unsettled the month of August was.
In spite of all of that though, August 2024 was actually sunnier than average here. It was the summer's only sunnier and average month and much more importantly, it was only our first sunnier than average month since January.
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.