The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:
Data For Recent Days24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 17.0 mm
Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 3.8 mm (as at 7:10 am BST (06:10 UTC) this morning on Saturday 24 August 2024)
Monthly DataTotal for this month so far: 60.2 mm (80.6% of 1991-2020 August average)
Number of rain days during this month: 12 (107.4% of 1991-2020 August average)
Number of dry days during this month: 6
This means that at least another 14.6 mm of rain still 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 rainfall amounts.
However, more official rain days have now been recorded during this month than the 1991-2020 August average and so regardless of
what happens during the rest of this month, this month will now go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number
of rain days.
Seasonal DataTotal for this summer so far: 149.4 mm (69.4% of 1991-2020 summer average)
Number of rain days during this summer: 31 (92.0% of 1991-2020 summer average)
Number of dry days during this summer: 33
This means that at least another 3 official rain days now need to be recorded between now and the end of this month in order for this
summer to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days.
Annual DataTotal for this year so far: 661.0 mm (84.3% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of rain days during this year: 100 (72.8% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of dry days during this year: 85
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.