Total for February 253.0mm. Feb lady year was only 69.8mm. Bit of a difference 

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112mm here, just short of double normal. (108mm without the 29th!)
Only need go back to 2014 for a wetter Feb 129.2mm

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Before I go any further, I can confirm that a total of 17.4 mm of precipitation fell at Edinburgh Gogarbank during the 24 hour period which ended at 9am this morning, along with 11.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh with some of that falling as sleet and wet snow.

Now that we have just entered another new month, I can now confirm that the final total for February comes out as 180.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 147.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this is 335.3% of the 1981-2010 February average for that station whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 313.6% of its 1981-2010 average rainfall during February.

Overall, this shows that February was a substantially wetter than average month at both of those stations in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, and this has actually been the case to such an extent that it has now officially been confirmed as the wettest February on record at both of those stations.

In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank had 22 official rain days during February and this shows that it was also a substantially wetter than average month there in terms of the number of official rain days since that amounts to 224.5% of the 1981-2010 average. It is also a similar story at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which had 20 official rain days with that amounting to 212.8% of the 1981-2010 average.

As we have also just entered a new season, I can also confirm that the total for the winter was 325.6 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 264.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

For Edinburgh Gogarbank, this was 168.1% of the winter 1981-2010 average whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 150.6% of its 1981-2010 average during the winter.

In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank had 50 official rain days during the winter which was 137.7% of the 1981-2010 average whereas the botanic gardens in Edinburgh had 44 official rain days during the winter which was 132.1% of the 1981-2010 average.

This showed that we had a substantially wetter than average winter at both of those stations both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts, and in terms of the number of official rain days.

I can also confirm that during 2020 so far, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had a total of 256.0 mm of rain as at 9am on 1 March 2020 which is 33.9% of the 1981-2010 annual average, whilst the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had a total of 215.0 mm of rain during 2020 so far as at 9am on 1 March 2020, which is 30.5% of the 1981-2010 average.

In addition to that, Edinburgh Gogarbank has had 36 official rain days so far during 2020 as at 9am on 1 March 2020 which is 26.2% of the 1981-2010 average whereas the botanic gardens in Edinburgh has had 32 official rain days during 2020 so far as at 9am on 1 March 2020 which is 25.8% of the 1981-2010 average.

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Double the usual rainfall in the SE too and things are really saturated. Given it’s the end of winter when soil moisture and groundwater are always highest anyway I wouldn’t be surprised if soil water levels are at record levels (if such a thing is measured). Certainly looks quite spectacular on the maps eg

https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/edov2/php/index.php?id=1111 

http://wxmaps.org/pix/soil4 

Yesterday I visited the sloping field that’s due to be my future vineyard once I’ve subsoiled, ploughed and planted. It’s on chalk and I was convinced it was very free draining despite having flinty clay loam as topsoil. 10cm below the soil it’s flooded - standing water in any holes dug even halfway up the slope. Looks like I’ll have to install tile drainage too, but I’m hoping this is just very exceptional.

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We’ve already come top to 28th and we can’t really include 29th February and compare it with the others in Kev’s table because 2020 is the only one that’s a leap year.  All the others only have 28 days.

Conversely, it also looks like February 2020 is among the top ten wettest months, which will include months with 30 and 31 days.  So the figures are very impressive!!  

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 I've just done a tot up of February's total rainfall recorded in my station here at Folkestone and it came to 108.4 mm. Above average but not exceptionally so, but is riding on the back of what has been an extra long and wet "Autumn".

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Final total here for February 2020 is 94.5mm (270% of average),  and is by far the wettest February I've ever recorded over nearly 40 years of records.  Previous wettest Feb here was in 2017 with 63mm.   

Certainly this February has been in a completely different league compared to any other I've experienced, quite remarkable how much wetter it's been compared to all other Februaries I've known.   In particular, Feb 9th (the day of Ciara) featured probably the most violent and intense squall line I've experienced at any time of the year, with around 12mm of rain and hail falling in a very short space of time.  For this to happen in February is just incredible. 

As far as the Winter overall is concerned, I recorded 182mm in total (134% average), so although a wet Winter, only the wettest here since 2014.

 

 

 

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Taking an average of my three local PWSs the total for Feb comes to 137.4mm which is 284% of the LTA for the month.

No wonder the garden is sodden and squelchy.  And as I type I can hear the rain pelting down outside and hitting the windowpanes.

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Wettest Februaries on record for England and Wales (mm)

~169 2020 

158.6 1833
152.7 1923
143.6 1950
143.2 1990
143.2 1977
142.1 1937

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My goodness - so we made the wettest February on record.

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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.

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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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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