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.

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

 

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%)