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How much rain fell in Chesters, Scottish Borders? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency and SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Chesters, heaviest in the hour to Sun 02:00 (0.9mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesters | 0.0km | 26.0mm | 34.0mm | 79.6mm | 6.4mm |
| Jedburgh Castle nr Jedburgh | 10.4km | 19.8mm | 29.6mm | 57.6mm | 4.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Byrness nr Byrness | 13.8km | 28.4mm | 41.0mm | 87.8mm | 6.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 26.3mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Chesters.
2026 so far: 777 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 927 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2008 (1,573 mm). Driest: 2003 (892 mm). Average: 1,219 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 local rain gauges, for UTC days; one gauge can catch much more than the average. A storm's figure adds up the rain measured on its dates, from our list of Met Office named storms and major floods — other weather on those days counts too.
Chesters gets about 1,059 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 113 mm; driest May, 64 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), 2.1 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 Chesters's monitored area.
26.3mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Chesters.
October so far: 75.0mm vs 131.8mm October average — 43% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Chesters is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Chesters's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2008 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,573 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,219 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 892 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 58.9 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 65.2 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency and 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 Chesters's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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