I am expecting this thread to be quiet to begin with at least because as well as being in a very cold spell just now, we are also in an exceptionally dry spell of weather here. However, some parts of the country are either getting some snow just now, or have had it very recently. This means that the earliest posts on here may well be about the rainfall equivalent of the amount of snow which that particular member has had, which is usually the amount of rainfall which is recorded as snow melt.

I'm not expecting too many reports on that, but I would expect everything to get a bit busier here next week if it turns milder and wetter in the manner in which the models are pointing towards just now. However big or small your rainfall amounts are though during this final month of the meteorological winter, this is the very place to report that.

Snow Melt 0.3mm To Date.

That amounts to 0.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as at 1pm this afternoon which is probably due to snow melt and/or condensation, with nothing at all so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this takes the total for this month so far to 0.2 mm, the total for this winter so far to 48.2 mm and the total for this year so far to 10.4 mm as at 3pm this afternoon.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, this takes the total for this month so far to 0.2 mm, the total for this winter so far to 46.2 mm and the total for this year so far to 12.4 mm as at 3pm this afternoon.

A total of 0.2 mm of rain was recorded for yesterday in the end at Edinburgh Gogarbank due to snow melt along with 0.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

In addition to that and for the same reason, a total of 0.4 mm has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 9am, along with 0.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this takes the total for this month so far to 0.6 mm, the total for this winter so far to 48.6 mm and the total for this year so far to 10.8 mm as at 9am this morning.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, this takes the total for this month so far to 0.4 mm, the total for this winter so far to 46.4 mm and the total for this year so far to 12.6 mm as at 9am this morning.

We haven't exactly had a particularly wet start to this month, but it is nice to know that everything which has made up this month's total so far as fallen as snow, which doesn't happen very often in this part of the world.

1.2 mm  Snow Melt  To Date.

However, today has been completely dry so far at both of those stations as at 9am this morning.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this takes the total for this month so far to 1.0 mm, the total for this winter so far to 49.0 mm and the total for this year so far to 11.2 mm as at 9am this morning.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, this takes the total for this month so far to 1.0 mm, the total for this winter so far to 47.0 mm and the total for this year so far to 13.2 mm as at 9am this morning.

In the end, a total of 1.4 mm of rain fell during yesterday at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

In addition to that, a total of 1.0 mm of rain has fallen during today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 9am this morning along with 0.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this takes the total for this month so far to 3.4 mm, the total for this winter so far to 51.6 mm and the total for this year so far to 13.6 mm as at 9am this morning.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, this takes the total for this month so far to 3.0 mm, the total for this winter so far to 49.0 mm and the total for this year so far to 15.2 mm as at 9am this morning.

Just 3.5 mm so far .. February is the driest month of the year here on average at 53 mm. We'll see how an active Atlantic will influence that - not a lot from it's first offering!

18.00 mm To Date.

7.2mm.

2.1 mm Today.

20.1 mm To Date.

In addition to that, a total of 0.2 mm of rain has fallen during today so far at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as at 8am this morning with Edinburgh Gogarbank remaining completely dry at this point in time.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this takes the total for this month so far to 9.2 mm, the total for this winter so far to 57.2 mm and the total for this year so far to 19.4 mm as at 8am this morning.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, this takes the total for this month so far to 9.6 mm, the total for this winter so far to 55.6 mm and the total for this year so far to 21.8 mm as at 8am this morning.

21.9 mm To Date.

11.2mm.

32.6mm month to date.

13.8mm.

In the end, a total of 0.6 mm of rain fell during yesterday at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 0.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

In addition to that, a total of 0.4 mm of rain has fallen during today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 8am this morning along with 0.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this takes the total for this month so far to 10.2 mm, the total for this winter so far to 58.2 mm and the total for this year so far to 20.4 mm as at 8am this morning.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, this takes the total for this month so far to 10.4 mm, the total for this winter so far to 56.4 mm and the total for this year so far to 22.6 mm as at 8am this morning.

So far, this month hasn't been anything like as dry here as what last month was and at Edinburgh Gogarbank, there has already been as much rain (with some of that falling as snow) during the first week of this month, as what there was during the entire month of January.

This is in complete contrast to last year when January was the wettest month of last winter and our only wetter than average month of last winter, with last February then being substantially drier than average thus making that month, our driest month of last winter.

That is clearly going to be the other way around this time with the key difference being that no matter how unsettled the weather actually is these days, we just cannot get a situation in place where any given month is running wetter than average, as the amounts of rain which we are getting for most of the time, are usually always very small if anything at all.

That is in complete contrast to the rest of the UK which of course, never seems to have any such problems with getting a significant rainfall total (at least, if you go by what is reported here).

0.9 mm Yesterday.

4.2 mm Today.

27.0 mm To Date. 

In addition to that, a total of 2.4 mm of rain has fallen during today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 8am this morning along with 1.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

As I write, it is still raining here which means that those are unlikely to be the final totals for today.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this takes the total for this month so far to 13.0 mm, the total for this winter so far to 61.0 mm and the total for this year so far to 23.2 mm as at 8am this morning.

For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, this takes the total for this month so far to 11.8 mm, the total for this winter so far to 57.8 mm and the total for this year so far to 24.0 mm as at 8am this morning.

 7.8 mm  Yesterday

 2.1 mm  Today

32.7 mm  To Date

26.0mm today, 58.6mm month to date.

38. 4 mm To Date.