Given below, are the final winter statistics for Edinburgh, Gogarbank from all of the data which I have available which are:
Temperature (°C): Lowest Minimum: -6.80 (on 1/12/2023)
Highest Minimum: 9.80 (on 16/12/2023)
Mean Minimum: 2.18
Minimum Anomaly: +0.67
Lowest Maximum: 0.90 (on 2/12/2023)
Highest Maximum: 13.10 (on 23/1/2024)
Mean Maximum: 8.01
Maximum. Anomaly: +0.86
Lowest Average 2.20 (on 2/12/2023)
Highest Average 11.20 (on 20/2/2024)
Average Temperature: 5.09
Average Temperature Anomaly: +0.77
Lowest Diurnal Temperature Range: 1.70 (on 10/2/2024)
Average Diurnal Temperature Range: 5.83
Highest Diurnal Temperature Range: 11.00 (on 29/2/2024)
Other Temperature Statistics Nights with minus double digits temperatures 0
Single Figures Maximum Temperatures 64
Single Figures Minimum Temperatures 68
Double Figures Maximum Temperatures 27
Double Figures Minimum Temperatures 0
Number of Frosts Ground Frosts 36
Air Frosts: 23 (77.4% of 1991-2020 winter Average)
Ice Days: 0
Snow Depths (cm) Highest Snow Depth 2.0 (on 1/12/2023)
Days With Lying Snow 3
Days with snow lying at 09:00 UTC 1
Consecutive Days with snow lying 2 days (14/1/2024 and 15/1/2024)
Consecutive Days with snow lying at 09:00 UTC 1 day (14/1/2024)
Rainfall (mm): Total for winter: 237.6 (113.7% of 1991-2020 winter Average)
Wettest Days: 19.0 (on 4/12/2023)
Highest Hourly Total 4.8 (on 28/12/2023)
Rain Days: 44 (118.7% of 1991-2020 winter Average)
Dry Days: 24
Longest Dry Spell: 5 days (11/1/2024 to 15/1/2024)
Highest Number of Days without a single dry day: 7 days (7/12/2023 to 13/12/2023)
Highest consecutive number of rain days 7 days (7/12/2023 to 13/12/2023)
Month with lowest Rainfall Total February 2024: 54.8 (89.7% of 1991-2020 February average)
Month with highest Rainfall Total December 2023: 111.4 (148.8% of 1991-2020 December average)
Month with fewest Rain Days January 2024: 12 (90.2% of 1991-2020 January average)
Month with most Rain Days December 2023: 17 (130.0% of 1991-2020 December average)
Wind Speed (mph) Average Mean Wind Speed 10.8 (101.5% of 1991-2020 winter Average)
Highest Mean Wind Speed 41.4 (on 21/1/2024)
Highest Wind Gust 73.8 (on 21/1/2024)
Pressure (mb) Lowest Pressure 966.6 (on 21/1/2024)
Average Pressure 1006.5
Highest Pressure 1044.0 (on 11/1/2024)
Sunshine Total (hrs) Total for winter: 155.93 (95.84% of 1991-2020 winter Average)
Sunniest Day: 7.35 (on 1/12/2023)
Sunless Days: 35
Dullest Month December 2023: 24.65 (65.30% of 1991-2020 December average)
Sunniest Month February 2024: 71.93 (92.79% of 1991-2020 February average)
Month with Fewest Sunless Days February 2024: 8 sunless days
Month with Most Sunless Days December 2023: 17 sunless days
Conclusion:The winter of 2023-2024 was a milder than average winter overall with very little in the way of snowfall, and with February 2024 being completely snowless here.
The number of air frosts was also below average although from that context, we have had worse winters than that in recent years.
The winter of 2023-2024 was also wetter than average both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts and in terms of the number of rain days but December 2023 was the winter's only wetter than average month in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.
In addition to that, the winter of 2023-2024 was duller than average overall with January 2024 being the winter's only sunnier than average month in the end.
Overall, a very dismal, poor and disappointing winter overall and so, I can only give it no more than 2/10 because that is all that it deserves in my books.😡
Edited by user
01 March 2024 11:37:20
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Reason: Not specified
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.