Friday 28th and Saturday 29th rain expected in NE. Somerset.

21.7 mm This Month.

22 mm This month 

0.3 from fog or frost yesterday.

The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:

Totals for the most recent days

24 Hour Total Up To 6am GMT (06:00 UTC) this morning: 2.2 mm

Monthly Data

Total For This Month So Far: 20.6 mm (28.2% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 6 (45.1% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 6

Seasonal Data

Total For This Winter So Far: 86.2 mm (41.3% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Rain Days During This Winter So Far: 18 (48.5% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Dry Days During This Winter So Far: 9

Annual Data

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 20.6 mm (2.6% of LTA)
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 6 (4.4% of LTA)
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 6

Note:

This very dry month and winter goes on here.

Since I last posted on here, the data for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has come back online at weatherobs.com, but the raw data is in the newer BUFR format rather than the traditional SYNOP format. Raw SYNP data is a lot easier to decode than BUFR data, but BUFR data is the the actual format which is recommended by the WMO. Indeed, some countries have already migrated from SYNOP data to BUFR data, and that could well end up happening here in the UK as well before too long.

Because of that, I am now in the process of converting all of my procudures for reporting this data to use the BUFR data, but that is quite a big task which is going to take quite a lot of time.

As it is, the raw BUFR data for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh at weatherobs.com only goes back to 14 January whereas I only have raw SYNOP data for there up until 3 January 2022. This means that there is a lot of missing data for that particular station for between those two dates, and this means that I am unable to give a proper representation of what has been happening at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh during this month in terms of actual weather dta.

Furthermore, that is a situation which is not helped in any way by the fact that SEPA is currently still offline as I write.

22.3 mm This Month

After the very wet January of last year (105mm) this January is exceptionally dry, 10.5 mm and likely  to remain that way.

BBC Weather for my area shows no more precipitation until 1st February,,,,

Since my last report, there has still be no further rainfall here in Edinburgh during this exceptionally dry winter. The main purpose of this particular post is therefore just to confirm that SEPA is back online which means that I can now return to obtaining data from there, rather than having to rely on raw SYNOP or BUFR data.

This also means that I now have a much better idea of what is happening at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in terms of rainfall as there is no missing data for that at SEPA.

Finally, this also means that I can go back to having every observation day starting and finishing at 09:00 UTC as before instead of 06:00 UTC, which brings that more in line with how the Met Office operates in terms of collecting weather observations data.

On that note, the latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:

Totals for the most recent days

24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm
Total since 9am (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm (as at 6pm this evening)

Monthly Data

Total For This Month So Far: 17.4 mm (23.8% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 5 (37.6% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 13

Seasonal Data

Total For This Winter So Far: 79.4 mm (38.0% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Rain Days During This Winter So Far: 20 (53.9% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Dry Days During This Winter So Far: 20

Annual Data

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 17.4 mm (2.2% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 5 (3.6% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 13

Notes

The data from SEPA was never going to be exactly the same as the raw SYNOP data due to the difference in the start and end of each observation day and the fact that both sets of data are gathered from different rain gauges, even though these are both within the same station.

In fact, the data from SEPA actually paints an even drier picture than the one which I was getting from the raw SYNOP data.

With SEPA now back online, I can now confirm that the latest rainfall data for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh is as follows:

Totals for the most recent days

24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm
Total since 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm (as at 6pm this evening)

Monthly Data

Total For This Month So Far: 14.2 mm (22.0% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 5 (40.2% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 12

Seasonal Data

Total For This Winter So Far: 79.8 mm (43.1% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Rain Days During This Winter So Far: 19 (55.0% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Dry Days During This Winter So Far: 19

Annual Data

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 14.2 mm (2.0% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 5 (3.9% of 1991-2020 average)
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 12

Notes

Even with all of the data for this particular station being available, the overall picture there is still even drier than the overall picture just now at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

66.8 mm here so far. 125 mm in December 21. Not that dry down here but we’re unlikely to see much more this month.

22.6 mm This Month.

I'd love to know how this January rainfall wise compares with other dry Januarys 

The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:

Totals for the most recent days

24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 3.6 mm
Total since 9am (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm

Monthly Data

Total For This Month So Far: 21.6 mm (29.6% of 1991-2020 January average)
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 6 (45.1% of 1991-2020 January average)
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 19

As there are not enough days in this month to bring the number of rain days up to the 1991-2020 January average for this particular station, this month will now go down as being drier than average in terms of the number of rain days regardless of what happens during the rest of this month

Seasonal Data

Total For This Winter So Far: 83.6 mm (40.0% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of Rain Days During This Winter So Far: 21 (56.6% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of Dry Days During This Winter So Far: 26

Annual Data

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 21.6 mm (2.8% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 6 (4.4% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 19

The latest rainfall data for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh is as follows:

Totals for the most recent days

24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 1.2 mm
Total since 9am (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm

Monthly Data

Total For This Month So Far: 17.6 mm (27.2% of 1991-2020 January average)
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 8 (64.4% of 1991-2020 January average)
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 17

As there are not enough days in this month to bring the number of rain days up to the 1991-2020 January average for this particular station, this month will now go down as being drier than average in terms of the number of rain days regardless of what happens during the rest of this month

Seasonal Data

Total For This Winter So Far: 83.2 mm (44.9% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of Rain Days During This Winter So Far: 22 (63.7% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of Dry Days During This Winter So Far: 24

Annual Data

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 17.6 mm (2.4% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 8 (6.2% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 17

My Total remains at 22.6 mm for this month.

Here in Edinburgh, January 2019 was actually even drier than this month with a total of just 10.2 mm of rain at Edinburgh Gogarbank and that was also a mild winter.

Also in that same month, there was a total of just 12.2 mm of rain at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank is as follows:

Totals for the most recent days

24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm

Monthly Data

Final Total For January 2022: 25.2 mm (34.5% of 1991-2020 January average)
Number of Rain Days During January 2022: 7 (52.6% of 1991-2020 January average)
Number of Dry Days During January 2022: 19

January 2022 was an exceptionally dry month overall, but wasn't our actual driest January on record.

Seasonal Data

Total For This Winter So Far: 87.2 mm (41.7% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of Rain Days During This Winter So Far: 22 (59.3% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of Dry Days During This Winter So Far: 26

Annual Data

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 25.2 mm (3.2% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 7 (5.1% of 1992-2020 annual average)
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 19

The latest rainfall data for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh is as follows:

Totals for the most recent days

24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm

Monthly Data

Final Total For January 2022: 17.6 mm (27.2% of 1991-2020 January average)
Number of Rain Days During January 2022: 8 (64.4% of 1991-2020 January average)
Number of Dry Days During January 2022: 18

As it turns out, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh were even drier than Edinburgh Gogarbank during January 2022 but even there, it still wasn't the actual driest January on record.

Seasonal Data

Total For This Winter So Far: 83.2 mm (44.9% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of Rain Days During This Winter So Far: 22 (63.7% of 1991-2020 winter average)
Number of Dry Days During This Winter So Far: 25

Annual Data

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 17.6 mm (2.4% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 8 (6.2% of 1991-2020 annual average)
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 18

Driest January recorded since 1997.   Final total is 14mm.   Only 2mm of rain fell from the 9th to the end of the month.

In fact this is the 3rd driest January in the last 40 years here.   Driest was Jan 1989 with 11mm.

Here in the south of Edinburgh. Swanston only recorded 23.5mm of rain (29%)

It was also mild (+2 C) and sunny (116%)