In the end, a total of 6.8 mm of rain fell at Edinburgh Gogarbank during the 24 hour period up until 9am this morning along with 5.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this brings the total for this month to 105.2 mm, the total for this winter to 250.4 mm and the total for this year to 174.0 mm as at 9am this morning.
This is the third occasion within less than a year where more than 100 mm of rain has been recorded in a single month at Edinburgh Gogarbank, with the last such occasion being in August 2019.
For the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, this brings the total for this month to 89.8 mm, the total for this winter to 206.4 mm and the total for this year to 157.4 mm as at 9am this morning.
This means that since there has now been more official rain days at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh during this month than the 1981-2010 February average for that particular station, this month will now go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.
This also means that since there has now been more official rain days at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh during this winter than the 1981-2010 winter average for that particular station, this winter will now go down as being wetter than average there overall in terms of the number of official rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.
All of this now means that for both of those stations, both this month and this winter will now go down as being wetter than average overall both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts and in terms of the number of official rain days, regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.
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.