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How much rain fell in Carradale, Argyll and Bute? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 14.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Carradale, heaviest in the hour to 22:00 (1.4mm).
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dippen | 0.0km | 4.0mm | 28.4mm | 155.2mm | 31.2mm |
| Monyquil Farm | 14.2km | 1.4mm | 26.0mm | 146.0mm | 29.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 23.8mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Dippen.
The rain gauges near Carradale 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.
Carradale gets about 1,932 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 222 mm; driest May, 105 mm). That is wetter 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), 2.2 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Carradale's monitored area.
Village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Carradale is a village on the east side of the Kintyre Peninsula, overlooking the Kilbrannan Sound and the west coast of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, approximately 16 miles from Campbeltown. To the north of Carradale is the coastal peak known as Torr Mor; nearby are the hamlet of Dippen and Dippen Bay. Population: 577 ~ 2024
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.7mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Carradale.
October so far: 150.6mm, from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Carradale. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Dippen is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Carradale'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 Carradale's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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