The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:
Data For Recent DaysTotal since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 3.6 mm (as at 11:30 pm BST (22:30 UTC) tonight on Friday 25 October 2024)
Monthly DataTotal for this month so far: 81.2 mm (98.2% of 1991-2020 October average)
Number of rain days during this month: 13 (100.0% of 1991-2020 October average)
Number of dry days during this month: 10
This means that only at least another 1.6 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 rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, more official rain days have now been recorded this month than the 1991-2020 October average and so regardless of what happens between now and the end 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 autumn so far: 141.6 mm (67.0% of 1991-2020 autumn average)
Number of rain days during this autumn: 23 (63.2% of 1991-2020 autumn average)
Number of dry days during this autumn: 23
Annual DataTotal for this year so far: 785.4 mm (100.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of rain days during this year: 123 (89.5% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of dry days during this year: 112
This means that more rain has now fallen during this year than the 1991-2020 annual average and so regardless of what happens during the rest of this year, this year will now go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
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.