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Rainfall in Blairbuie

How much rain fell in Blairbuie, Highland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest SEPA rain gauge, 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

Measured at Rhian Bridge, 0.0km from the centre of Blairbuie's monitored area. Rain gauges can sit several kilometres outside town, so very local downpours may differ from these figures.
0.0mm
Yesterday (23 Oct 2026)
10.2mm
Last 7 days
82.4mm
October so far
6.2mm
Today so far (UTC)

Rain forecast

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

Next 24 hours: about 23.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Blairbuie, heaviest in the hour to Sun 09:00 (3.1mm).

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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Nearest rain gauges to Blairbuie

GaugeDistanceYesterday7 daysOctoberToday
Rhian Bridge 0.0km 0.0mm 10.2mm 82.4mm 6.2mm

Last 30 days at Rhian Bridge

Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 18.8mm.

Rain days this October

21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rhian Bridge.

Rainfall year by year: northern Scotland

The rain gauges near Blairbuie 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 Blairbuie

Blairbuie gets about 1,284 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 142 mm; driest June, 74 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), 1.5 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 Blairbuie

Rain gauge River gauge

Rivers near Blairbuie

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 Blairbuie's monitored area.

About Blairbuie

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

Human settlement in Scotland

Coigach is a peninsula north of Ullapool, in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The area consists of a traditional crofting and fishing community of a couple of hundred houses located between mountain and shore on a peninsula looking over the Summer Isles and the sea. The main settlement is Achiltibuie. Like its northerly neighbour, Assynt in Sutherland, Coigach has mountains which rise sharply from quiet, lochan-studded moorland, and a highly indented rocky coast with many islands, bays and headlands. The highest summit is Ben Mor Coigach at 743 metres; the distinctive profile of Stac Pollaidh is the other main peak within Coigach. The scenic qualities of Coigach, along with neighbouring Assynt, have led to the area being designated as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland.

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

Frequently asked questions

How much rain fell in Blairbuie yesterday?

0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from Rhian Bridge, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Blairbuie (0.0km away).

Is this month wetter than normal in Blairbuie?

October so far: 82.4mm, from Rhian Bridge, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Blairbuie (0.0km away). There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.

Where is the nearest rain gauge to Blairbuie?

Rhian Bridge is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Blairbuie'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 Blairbuie's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.