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How much rain fell in Biggar, South Lanarkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 8.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Biggar, heaviest in the hour to Sun 01:00 (1.5mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggar Burn | 0.0km | 21.3mm | 32.2mm | 96.3mm | 12.4mm |
| Coulter Reservoir nr Culter Water Head | 13.0km | 34.0mm | 53.2mm | 145.0mm | 18.4mm |
| Linkumdoddie | 13.9km | 32.2mm | 48.4mm | 121.2mm | 12.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 29.2mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Biggar Burn.
The rain gauges near Biggar 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: 2011 (2,280 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,368 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Biggar gets about 1,057 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 110 mm; driest April, 59 mm). That is close to 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), 1.8 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 Biggar's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Biggar's monitored area. 2 are 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.
Human settlement in Scotland
Biggar is a town, parish and former burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the Southern Uplands near the River Clyde on the A702. The closest neighbouring towns are Lanark, Peebles and Carluke.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
29.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Biggar.
October so far: 120.8mm, from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Biggar. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Biggar Burn is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Biggar'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 Biggar's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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