This winter has been the wettest on record in Scotland.
Met Office statistics show an average of 756mm of rain fell across the country during December, January and February – the highest on records stretching back to 1910.
The downpours brought severe flooding and led to hundreds of people being evacuated from their homes.
Argyllshire was the wettest area in Scotland, recording 1055.7mm of rain from December to February 24 – almost double the average of 697.5mm.
Kirkcudbrightshire also saw almost double the average rainfall, with 1025.6mm compared to 645.1mm.
Two of the last three years have brought record-breaking levels of winter rain, with this year beating the previous record set in 2013/14 of 744mm of rain.
Storms in December led to the national rainfall reaching 351.4mm, more than double the usual total for the month.
January recorded a rise of 45% on the average for the month at 257.5mm, while February’s total as of last week was 124.6 – just under average.
A Met Office spokesman said: “The record-breaking mild and wet weather of December has had a big influence on winter 2015/16 as a whole.
“The fact that it was so wet during the first half means that it is very wet overall.
“The wet weather has caused problems all over the UK but definitely in parts of Scotland.”
Meanwhile, the clean-up operation from recent severe flooding is continuing in the north-east.
Gamekeepers from the Grampian Moorland Group have teamed up to clear tonnes of debris from the River Dee – using diggers to remove items such as mattresses and beer kegs – while estate staff clear nearby farmland of broken caravans and fridges.
Hans Mckenzie-Wilson, head gamekeeper at Invercauld in Aberdeenshire, said: “We’ve been pulling out the undercarriages of caravans and things like fridge-freezers. A lot of the stuff is also in places that can’t normally be reached.”