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How much rain fell in Dalwhinnie, Highland? 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.
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Next 24 hours: about 21.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Dalwhinnie, heaviest in the hour to Sun 07:00 (2.6mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalwhinnie | 0.0km | 0.6mm | 13.0mm | 96.8mm | 24.6mm |
| Spey Dam nr Crathie | 9.8km | 0.2mm | 7.4mm | 86.8mm | 16.6mm |
| Seilich Dam | 12.7km | 0.6mm | 19.8mm | 112.8mm | 19.6mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 14.7mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Dalwhinnie.
The rain gauges near Dalwhinnie 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.
Dalwhinnie gets about 1,403 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month January, 182 mm; driest June, 77 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), 2.4 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 Dalwhinnie's monitored area.
Human settlement in Scotland
Dalwhinnie is a small village in the Scottish Highlands. Dalwhinnie is located at the head of Glen Truim and the north-east end of Loch Ericht, on the western edge of the Cairngorms National Park. It is located close to several definitions of the centre of Scotland. The village has a population of around 80 people.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.5mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Dalwhinnie.
October so far: 98.8mm, from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Dalwhinnie. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Dalwhinnie is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Dalwhinnie'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 Dalwhinnie's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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