In many places, this winter overall has been rather wet and that has been the case in January as well but as per usual for here in Edinburgh, that has not been the case here where rainfall totals continue to be slightly below average.

I know that I previously reported that it was wetter than average here in Edinburgh but it turns out that this was not actually the case and that it was a bug in my python script at the time (which has now been fixed) which led to December being reported as a wetter than average month here.

In fact, the rainfall total at Edinburgh Gogarbank in December was only 74.2 mm which was only 99.1 % of the 1990-2020 December average.

Previous to that, November was even drier with only 27.4 mm of rain at Edinburgh Gogarbank. It turns out in fact that we actually have to go all the way back to September 2024 to find our last wetter than average month here and even that was only with a total of 60.1 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank so that wetter than average month only actually came about as a result of the 1990-2020 September average being very low compared to most other months and even that was only our first wetter than average month since May 2024.

Taking that in conjunction with many others have been reporting on these threads in recent months, it is clear that it just doesn't rain here in Edinburgh any more to the extent that it does elsewhere and that has to be down to the fact that we just don't get changeable weather any more like we used to.

I don't really see that changing any time soon, and I don't see any signs of that changing in the latest model output. Nevertheless, this is the very place to post all of those important rainfall totals for this month, especially those who do actually still get plentiful amounts of rain unlike here in Edinburgh.

Data For Recent Days

Total since 9 am GMT (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 2.4 mm (as at 7:40 am GMT (07:40 UTC) this morning on Sunday 2 February 2025)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 2.4 mm (3.9% of 1991-2020 February average)

Number of rain days during this month: 1 (9.3% of 1991-2020 February average)

Number of dry days during this month: 0

Seasonal Data

Total for this winter so far: 139.6 mm (66.8% of 1991-2020 winter average)

Number of rain days during this winter: 18 (48.5% of 1991-2020 winter average)

Number of dry days during this winter: 37

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 65.4 mm (8.3% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 8 (5.8% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 22

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.

We had a lot more drizzle here today than both forecasted, and also shown on the radar, albeit the lightest of light, and a whole 0.2mm

Next 10 days looks pretty dry though in the GEFS are to be believed

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 9 am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 2.6 mm

Total since 9 am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning: 5.2 mm (as at 8:40 pm GMT (20:40 UTC) this evening on Tuesday 4 February 2025)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 10.2 mm (16.7% of 1991-2020 February average)

Number of rain days during this month: 3 (28.0% of 1991-2020 February average)

Number of dry days during this month: 1

Seasonal Data

Total for this winter so far: 147.4 mm (70.5% of 1991-2020 winter average)

Number of rain days during this winter: 20 (53.9% of 1991-2020 winter average)

Number of dry days during this winter: 38

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 73.2 mm (9.3% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 10 (7.3% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 23

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.