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How much rain fell in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Dumfries (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townfoot (Glencaple) nr Glencaple | 8.7km | 0.0mm | 0.8mm | 1.2mm | 0.2mm |
| Newtonairds nr Holywood | 9.2km | 0.0mm | 0.2mm | 0.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Merton Bank Lochmaben nr Lochmaben | 13.0km | 0.2mm | 2.2mm | 2.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 28.1mm.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Townfoot (Glencaple), against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days (based on 10 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 920 mm (1 Jan to 8 Nov), against 1,053 mm by the same date in an average year (2016–2025) — 13% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2020 (1,492 mm). Driest: 2021 (1,180 mm). Average: 1,272 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Dumfries gets about 1,247 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 143 mm; driest April, 69 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), 1.3 km from the centre of Dumfries. 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Dumfries.
22 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Dumfries. None of the 19 with a live status is discharging right now, and 3 have no current status.
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.
Town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 miles (40 km) from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Dumfries.
November so far: 1.3mm vs 120.1mm November average — 99% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Townfoot (Glencaple) is the nearest rain gauge, 8.7km from the centre of Dumfries. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Townfoot (Glencaple), against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2016, with 1,492 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,272 mm a year. The driest was 2021, with 1,180 mm.
28 Oct 2021: 47.5 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 57.6 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2016.
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 Dumfries — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Dumfries is the Ordnance Survey Open Names point for the city or town. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OGL v3.0).
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