The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:
Data For Recent Days24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT this morning (09:00 UTC): 5.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 6.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Since yesterday was the last day of the month, this means that yesterday will now go down in the final statistics as the joint wettest day of January at Edinburgh Gogarbank.
Monthly DataFinal Total for January 2023: 42.6 mm (58.3% of 1991-2020 January average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 35.4 mm (54.7% of 1991-2020 January average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during January 2023: 12 (90.2% of 1991-2020 January average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 10 (80.5% of 1991-2020 January average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during January 2023: 15 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 13 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
The rest of the UK may well have been wetter than average during January and often substantially so in places but for here in Edinburgh, it was a completely different story as January was actually a much drier than average month here, especially in terms of the actual rainfall amounts as we ended up with not much more than half of the 1991-2020 January average rainfall at both of those stations.
Furthermore, the number of rain days at both of those stations was also well below the 1991-2020 January average.
Seasonal DataTotal for this Winter so far: 141.4 mm (67.7% of 1991-2020 Winter average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 117.2 mm (63.3% of 1991-2020 Winter average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this Winter so far: 27 (72.8% of 1991-2020 Winter average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 25 (72.3% of 1991-2020 Winter average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this Winter so far: 25 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 25 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Annual DataTotal for this year so far: 42.6 mm (5.4% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 35.4 mm (4.9% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this year so far: 12 (8.7% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 10 (7.8% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this year so far: 15 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 13 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
NoteThis data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
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.