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How much rain fell in Ballater, Aberdeenshire? 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
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.
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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.
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A Met Office weather warning is in force here: see the warning above.
Next 24 hours: about 10.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Ballater, heaviest in the hour to 18:00 (3.7mm).
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).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polhollick | 0.0km | 7.0mm | 24.0mm | 45.0mm | 7.4mm |
| Gairnshiel | 6.4km | 9.0mm | 29.8mm | 56.0mm | 6.0mm |
| Glenmuick No2 nr Spittal of Glenmuick | 12.0km | 13.4mm | 43.0mm | 97.0mm | 16.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 15.3mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Polhollick.
The rain gauges near Ballater 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.
Ballater gets about 968 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 113 mm; driest May, 62 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), 2.0 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.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow Discharging now
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ballater's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ballater's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 1 report not discharging.
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.
Village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ballater is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, immediately east of the Cairngorm Mountains. Situated at an elevation of 213 metres, Ballater is a centre for hikers and known for its spring water, once said to cure scrofula. It is home to more than 1400 inhabitants and has had a long connection with the British royal family.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
9.8mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Ballater.
October so far: 66.0mm, from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Ballater. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Polhollick is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ballater'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 Ballater's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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