My total for February  93.0 mm.  

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Met Office stats for February, wettest February across the UK, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland it was the second wettest after February 1990.

Fifth wettest calendar month - bear in mind that this February had 29 days, October-December months have 1 or 2 extra days.

227mm October 1903

217mm December 2015

215mm November 2009

213mm December 1929

209mm February 2020

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2020/2020-winter-february-stats

Some places have had over 4 times average rainfall.

Met Office stats for February, wettest February across the UK, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland it was the second wettest after February 1990.

Fifth wettest calendar month - bear in mind that this February had 29 days, October-December months have 1 or 2 extra days.

227mm October 1903

217mm December 2015

215mm November 2009

213mm December 1929

209mm February 2020

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2020/2020-winter-february-stats

Some places have had over 4 times average rainfall.

We should probably also bear in mind as well though that this is also a leap year which means that in most other years, February will usually only have 28 days instead of 29.

Anyway, I'm surprised that Scotland has only had its second wettest February on record (with last month's Scottish totals being beaten by those for February 1990) especially since our local records here in Edinburgh were beaten by quite a big margin. Having said that though, it hasn't been quite as wet here as what it has been in many of those places which have been so badly affected by flooding. Furthermore, there are places such as Aberdeenshire which haven't been as wet as elsewhere within Scotland  (although even those places are still wetter than average). When you add those things together, it is probably quite understandable that last month wasn't actually quite the wettest February on record across Scotland as a whole,

What fascinates me though is the fact that the UK is so unanimously wetter than average across the entire country according to the rainfall anomaly maps for February. That is something which we usually see with the temperature anomalies with everywhere being more likely to be warmer than average in this modern era. However, that is something which we don't normally see with rainfall because even if some places are substantially wetter than average, there will usually always be other parts of the country which will be drier than average. The fact that it is as it is though, shows just universally wet it has been across the UK as a whole.

 

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We should probably also bear in mind as well though that this is also a leap year which means that in most other years, February will usually only have 28 days instead of 29.

Anyway, I'm surprised that Scotland has only had its second wettest February on record (with last month's Scottish totals being beaten by those for February 1990) especially since our local records here in Edinburgh were beaten by quite a big margin. Having said that though, it hasn't been quite as wet here as what it has been in many of those places which have been so badly affected by flooding. Furthermore, there are places such as Aberdeenshire which haven't been as wet as elsewhere within Scotland  (although even those places are still wetter than average). When you add those things together, it is probably quite understandable that last month wasn't actually quite the wettest February on record across Scotland as a whole,

What fascinates me though is the fact that the UK is so unanimously wetter than average across the entire country according to the rainfall anomaly maps for February. That is something which we usually see with the temperature anomalies with everywhere being more likely to be warmer than average in this modern era. However, that is something which we don't normally see with rainfall because even if some places are substantially wetter than average, there will usually always be other parts of the country which will be drier than average. The fact that it is as it is though, shows just universally wet it has been across the UK as a whole.

 

Pretty sure all the records had been beaten before the 29th though.

Recorded our second wettest ever month here with an incredible 315.6mm of precipitation. That's 325% of the Feb average for our area and we'll over 1/4 of our annual rainfall. Our road from Dunning to Auchterarder has been impassable for over a fortnight for cars. OK for tractors trucks. (Photo under flood, sorry don't know how to include in post). Have been keeping records since 1975. Jan 1993 was wettest 326.3mm (Perth flooded)
A v soggy Symon

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Escaped relatively lightly here, with 132.5 mm for Feb here (228% of 1981-2010 average).

Still enough to cause some substantial flooding issues, though - in fact, somehow on par with the worst of 2013-14, despite that winter being far wetter. The preceding few seasons were all pretty close between 2013 and 2019, so it's hard to fathom how the flooding has become so severe this time around.

The winter began with the 9th wettest Dec and followed that up the 19th wettest Jan. To finish, Feb has landed a podium spot but only just (3rd). This may not sound exceptional, but the combined total is in fact 3rd wettest in records going back to 1957.

This highlights how unusual it is to have a persistently wet winter, with no markedly drier months.

Speaking of which, 2013-14 continues to astonish on reflection. It kicked off with 182.0 mm in Dec, 2nd wettest on record and with most of the rain falling in the 2nd half. Then came the horrendous Jan 2014 with 233.5 mm, wettest on record and 56.3 mm above the runner-up, 2008. Only Nov 2009 has seen a higher monthly total (243.0 mm) within 1957-2020.

As of that wasn't enough, Feb then threw down 179.5 mm (308% of LTA), obliterating the old record of 146.4 mm set in 1990. 

Despite all this, giving a previously unimaginable (for these parts) winter total of 595.0 mm, 153.7 mm beyond the runner-up (1990) and 257% of the LTA (and over 200 mm above this winter's total!), the flooding didn't quite reach the levels seen in autumn 2000 (428.4 mm), thanks to since-installed flood defences that I've been hugely impressed with. The town feels immune to serious flooding now - but I expect climate change will do its best to prove that thinking to be wide of the mark in the years and decades to come!

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Total for February ended up at 98.4mm highest monthly max since September 2016.

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