Given below are the final statistics for January for Edinburgh Gogarbank from all of the data which I have available which are:
Temperature (°C)
Lowest Minimum: -5.31 (on 7/1/26)
Highest Minimum: 5.43 (on 23/1/26)
Mean Minimum: 0.71
Minimum Anomaly: -0.81
Lowest Maximum: 0.69 (on 8/1/26)
Highest Maximum: 10.97 (on 11/1/26)
Mean Maximum: 5.80
Maximum Anomaly: -1.10
Lowest Average: -2.18 (on 8/1/26)
Highest Average: 7.87 (on 11/1/26)
Average Temperature: 3.25
Average Anomaly: -0.96
Lowest Diurnal Temperature Range: 0.96 (on 24/1/26)
Highest Diurnal Temperature Range: 11.77 (on 15/1/26)
Average Diurnal Temperature Range: 5.01
Other Temperature Statistics
Minimum Temperatures Below -10°C: 0
Single Figures Maximum Temperatures: 30
Single Figures Minimum Temperatures: 18
Double Figures Maximum Temperatures: 1
Double Figures Minimum Temperatures: 0
Number of Frosts
Ground Frosts: 14
Air Frosts: 13 (130.1% of 1991-2020 January average)
Ice Days: 0
Snow Depths (cm)
Highest Snow Depth: 0.0
Days With Lying Snow: 0
Rainfall (mm)
Total for January: 46.2 (63.3% of 1991-2020 January average)
Wettest Day: 11.8 (on 27/1/26)
Highest Hourly Total: 3.0 (on 27/1/26 at 12:00)
Highest Ten Minute Total: 0.6 (on 11/1/26 at 05:30)
Rain Days: 15 (112.8% of 1991-2020 January average)
Dry Days: 7
Longest Dry Spell 5 days (1/1 to 5/1)
Longest Non-Dry Spell 15 days (16/1 to 30/1)
Most Consecutive Rain Days 5 days (20/1 to 24/1)
Longest Period Without a Rain Day: 5 days (1/1 to 5/1)
Wind Speed (mph)
Average Mean Wind Speed: 9.0 (81.9% of 1991-2020 January average)
Highest Mean Wind Speed: 30.9 (on 27/1/26)
Highest Wind Gust: 43.6 (on 27/1/26)
Most Common Wind Direction E
Pressure (mb)
Lowest Pressure: 981.5 (on 27/1/26)
Average Pressure: 1000.9
Highest Pressure: 1020.7 (on 17/1/26)
Sunshine Total (hrs)
Total for January: 48.3 (101.8% of 1991-2020 January average)
Sunniest Day: 6.5 (on 19/1/26)
Sunless Days: 11
Most Consecutive Sunless Days: 6 days (22/1 to 27/1)
Conclusion
January 2026 was a colder than average month here with a higher than average number of air frosts although most of the cold weather happened in the first half of the month. We didn't get any ice days though, there were no severely cold temperatures and we also virtually completely missed out on the snow which other parts of the UK were getting.
It was also a much drier than average month in terms of the actual rainfall amounts once again, but it was actually wetter than average in terms of the number of official rain days.
Finally, January 2026 got off to a very sunny start and although the second half of the month was much duller, the month as a while ended up slightly sunnier than average overall.
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.