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Comiston Rain Gauge

City of Edinburgh, Alba / Scotland, EH10 6LT
3.2 mm/hr
Current rainfall rate
Moderate
Updated 17:45 · 34 min ago
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3.2mm
Last Hour
9.4mm
Last 6 Hours
14mm
Last 24 Hours
50.8mm
Last 7 Days
71.6mm
October Total
120.2mm
2026 Total
🎉 30.0mm on 23 Oct 2026 was the wettest day in this gauge's very short record and in the top 0.1% of 26 rain days ranked here (short record — treat with caution).

Nearby gauges

Rainfall in City of Edinburgh: totals, records and how this month compares →

Rain forecast

Next 24 hours: about 1.0mm of rain forecast for the area around City of Edinburgh, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (0.4mm).

A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Rainfall Chart

Monthly Rainfall Overview

City of Edinburgh gets about 957 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 100 mm; driest April, 57 mm). That is 18% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.3 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rainfall Records

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24h Weather Forecast

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Precipitation -12h / +12h

🚽 Storm overflows within 3 km

Sewer overflows near this rain gauge, from the water companies’ live event-duration monitors and their official annual spill figures. Spill starts also appear as markers on the rainfall chart above.

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Location

Station ref
SEPA_525510
Lat, lng
55.910194, -3.215988
Postcode
EH10 6LT
Data from
2026-09-07
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