How much rain fell in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 7.2mm of rain forecast for the area around East Kilbride, heaviest in the hour to 23:00 (1.6mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Kilbride | 0.0km | 7.2mm | 20.2mm | 113.4mm | 24.0mm |
| Picketlaw Reservoir nr Eaglesham | 7.2km | 5.8mm | 18.6mm | 142.9mm | 20.2mm |
| Daldowie STW nr Glasgow | 9.2km | 6.0mm | 17.4mm | 75.0mm | 15.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 15.9mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at East Kilbride.
The rain gauges near East Kilbride 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.
East Kilbride gets about 1,349 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month January, 156 mm; driest April, 70 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), 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.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow Discharging now
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of East Kilbride's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of East Kilbride's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 4 report not discharging.
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 South Lanarkshire, Scotland
East Kilbride, often referred to as EK, is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population, with 76,607 inhabitants in 2022. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "new town" on 6 May 1947, and thereafter widely expanded. The area lies on a raised plateau to the south of the Cathkin Braes, about eight miles southeast of Glasgow and close to the boundary with East Renfrewshire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of East Kilbride.
October so far: 109.7mm, from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of East Kilbride. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
East Kilbride is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of East Kilbride'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 East Kilbride's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
FloodRadar helper · beta