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: -5.31 (on 7/1/26)
Highest Minimum: 9.66 (on 24/2/26)
Mean Minimum: 2.39
Minimum Anomaly: +0.88
Lowest Maximum: 0.69 (on 8/1/26)
Highest Maximum: 16.58 (on 9/12/25)
Mean Maximum: 7.55
Maximum Anomaly: +0.41
Lowest Average: -2.18 (on 8/1/26)
Highest Average: 12.15 (on 9/12/25)
Average Temperature: 4.97
Average Anomaly: +0.64
Lowest Diurnal Temperature Range: 0.96 (on 24/1/26)
Highest Diurnal Temperature Range: 11.77 (on 15/1/26)
Average Diurnal Temperature Range: 5.08
Other Temperature Statistics
Minimum Temperatures Below -10°C: 0
Single Figures Maximum Temperatures: 74
Single Figures Minimum Temperatures: 69
Double Figures Maximum Temperatures: 16
Double Figures Minimum Temperatures: 0
Number of Frosts
Ground Frosts: 37
Air Frosts: 21 (70.7% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Ice Days: 0
Snow Depths (cm)
Highest Snow Depth: 0.0
Days With Lying Snow: 0
Rainfall (mm)
Total for winter: 185.8 (88.9% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Wettest Day: 21.0 (on 7/12/25)
Highest Hourly Total: 5.8 (on 7/12/25 at 17:00)
Highest Ten Minute Total: 1.4 (on 1/12/25 at 21:30)
Rain Days: 42 (113.3% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Dry Days: 23
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 (7/12 to 11/12, 20/1 to 24/1)
Longest Period Without a Rain Day: 10 days (22/12 to 31/12)
Month with lowest rainfall total: January 2026: 46.2 (63.3% of 1991-2020 January average)
Month with highest rainfall total: December 2025: 73.6 (98.3% of 1991-2020 December average)
Month with fewest rain days: December 2025: 11 (84.1% of 1991-2020 December average)
Month with most rain days: February 2026: 16 (149.5% of 1991-2020 February average)
Wind Speed (mph)
Average Mean Wind Speed: 9.4 (87.9% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Highest Mean Wind Speed: 32.2 (on 14/12/25)
Highest Wind Gust: 51.0 (on 9/12/25)
Most Common Wind Direction E
Pressure (mb)
Lowest Pressure: 977.9 (on 9/12/25)
Average Pressure: 1004.2
Highest Pressure: 1043.5 (on 27/12/25)
Sunshine Total (hrs)
Total for winter: 125.3 (77.0% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Sunniest Day: 7.7 (on 17/2/26)
Sunless Days: 33
Most Consecutive Sunless Days: 6 days (22/1 to 27/1)
Month with lowest sunshine total: December 2025: 32.1 (85.0% of 1991-2020 December average)
Month with highest sunshine total: January 2026: 48.3 (101.8% of 1991-2020 January average)
Month with fewest sunless days: February 2026: 9
Month with most sunless days: December 2025: 13
Conclusion
The winter of 2025-26 was slightly milder than average overall with January being its only colder than average month, as well as being the only month within that period which actually resembled anything like a "winter" month. Even then though, we still couldn't get any snow here even though many other parts of the UK saw quite a bit of it, so the winter as a whole was completely snowless here yet again. The number of air frosts was also well below average during the winter as a whole with January being the only month with an above average number of air frosts.
The winter of 2025-26 was fairly substantially drier than average overall in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, but was actually wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days. In terms of the actual rainfall amounts, February was the only wetter than average month and that was mainly just down to February carrying the lowest monthly 1991-2020 average as a result of it being the driest winter month on average. In terms of the number of rain days though, December was the winter's only drier than average month in that regard.
Finally, the winter of 2025/26 was substantially duller than average overall with January being its only sunnier than average month. With the days now getting longer, the amount of sunshine should be increasing over time as a result at this time of the year but in spite of that, we still ended up with less sunshine in February than what we had in January which is quite remarkable in itself.
Overall, a very disappointing winter. As well as being completely snowless, there were no ice days and no minus double digit temperatures. In fact, we struggled to even get below -5°C at any time, and there was only really the one night all winter in which that actually happened. For those reasons and for all of the above reasons, I have to give the winter of 2025-26 a rating of no higher than 2/10.
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.