Now that we have just entered another new month, I can now confirm that the final total for January comes out as 75.6 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 67.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this is 99.1% of the 1981-2010 average for that station whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 100.2% of its 1981-2010 average rainfall during January.
Overall, this shows that in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, January was slightly drier than average at Edinburgh Gogarbank, but slightly wetter than average at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
However, these totals are very close to the long-term averages in both cases and so, we can only really say that the actual rainfall amounts during January were around average at both of those stations.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank had 14 official rain days during January and this shows that it was a slightly wetter than average month there in terms of the number of official rain days since that amounts to 102.9% of the 1981-2010 average.
Meanwhile, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 12 official rain days during January and this shows that it was a slightly drier than average month there in terms of the number of official rain days since that amounts to 96.0% of the 1981-2010 average.
In both cases though, those totals are very close to the long-term averages which means that we can only really say that January was an average month overall at both of those stations, in terms of the number of official rain days.
I can also confirm that the total for the winter so far is 145.2 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 116.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as at 9am on 1 February 2020.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this is 75.0% of the 1981-2010 average whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had 66.5% of its 1981-2010 average during the winter so far as at 9am on 1 February 2020.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had 28 official rain days during this winter so far which is 77.1% of the 1981-2010 average whereas the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had 24 official rain days during this winter so far which is 72.1% of the 1981-2010 average.
I can also confirm that during 2020 so far, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had a total of 75.6 mm of rain as at 9am on 1 February 2020 which is 10.0% of the 1981-2010 average, whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had a total of 67.6 mm of rain during 2020 so far as at 9am on 1 February 2020, which is 9.6% of the 1981-2010 average.
In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had 14 official rain days so far during 2020 as 9am on 1 February 2020 which is 10.2% of the 1981-2010 average whereas the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had 12 official rain days during 2020 so far at 9am on 1 February 2020 which is 9.7% of the 1981-2010 average.
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.