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Rainfall in Aberlour

How much rain fell in Aberlour, Moray? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.

Yellow Yellow warning of rain

Heavy rain associated with Storm Boelo is likely to cause some travel disruption and flooding in a few places

From 9pm Sat 24 Oct until 3pm Sun 25 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:39am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.

What to expect and what to do

What to expect

  • Flooding of a few homes and businesses is possible
  • Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
  • Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer

What should I do?

Check if your property could be at risk of flooding. If so, consider preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit.

Give yourself the best chance of avoiding delays by checking road conditions if driving, or bus and train timetables, amending your travel plans if necessary.

People cope better with power cuts when they have prepared for them in advance. It's easy to do; consider gathering torches and batteries, a mobile phone power pack and other essential items.

Be prepared for weather warnings to change quickly: when a weather warning is issued, the Met Office recommends staying up to date with the weather forecast in your area.

What should I do? See the Met Office warnings and advice. Met Office Weather Warnings © Crown Copyright 2026

The average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of the centre of Aberlour's monitored area, all reporting in the last two days. This October they range from 55.2mm to 74.0mm. The nearest is Aberlour, 0.0km away. Rain can be very local, so one street may differ from the average.
7.9mm
Yesterday (23 Oct 2026)
23.1mm
Last 7 days
62.3mm
October so far
0.3mm
Today so far (UTC)

Rain forecast

A Met Office weather warning is in force here: see the warning above.

Next 24 hours: about 13.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Aberlour, heaviest in the hour to Sun 11:00 (2.2mm).

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).

Next 4 days

Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.

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⚠️ Yesterday's 8.4mm at Aberlour was the wettest day at this gauge since 10 Oct 2026 and in the top 14.3% of 35 rain days in this gauge's very short record (short record — treat with caution).
⚠️ Yesterday's 10.2mm at Delnashaugh was the wettest day at this gauge since 10 Oct 2026 and in the top 11.4% of 35 rain days in this gauge's very short record (short record — treat with caution).
⚠️ Yesterday's 5.2mm at Blackhills No 2 was the wettest day at this gauge since 22 Oct 2026 and in the top 26.7% of 30 rain days in this gauge's very short record (short record — treat with caution).

Nearest rain gauges to Aberlour

GaugeDistanceYesterday7 daysOctoberToday
Aberlour 0.0km 8.4mm 24.0mm 57.8mm 0.2mm
Delnashaugh nr Ballindalloch 12.7km 10.2mm 25.8mm 74.0mm 0.4mm
Blackhills No 2 nr Lhanbryde 14.5km 5.2mm 19.6mm 55.2mm 0.4mm

Last 30 days (average of 3 gauges within 15km)

Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 16.9mm.

Rain days this October

17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Aberlour.

Rainfall year by year: northern Scotland

The rain gauges near Aberlour do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.

Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 1990 (2,220 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,275 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Average rainfall in Aberlour

Aberlour gets about 924 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 106 mm; driest March, 58 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.

Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.5 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gauges and storm overflows around Aberlour

Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow

Rivers near Aberlour

Nearest river gauges

A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Aberlour's monitored area.

Storm overflows near Aberlour

1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Aberlour's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show right now.

Sewage & storm overflows →

Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © Scottish Water, near-real-time Overflow Map data, open licence for reuse. EDM monitors indicate overflows; they do not confirm them, and this is not advice on water quality.

About Aberlour

Aberlour
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page)

Human settlement in Scotland

Aberlour is a town in Moray, Scotland, 12 miles (20 km) south of Elgin on the road to Grantown. The Lour burn is a tributary of the River Spey, and it and the surrounding parish are both named Aberlour, but the name is more commonly used in reference to the village which straddles the stream and flanks the Spey – although the full name of the village is Charlestown of Aberlour.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Frequently asked questions

How much rain fell in Aberlour yesterday?

7.9mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Aberlour.

Is this month wetter than normal in Aberlour?

October so far: 62.3mm, from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Aberlour. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.

Where is the nearest rain gauge to Aberlour?

Aberlour is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Aberlour's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.

Rainfall data: SEPA rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Aberlour's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.