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How much rain fell in Eckford, Scottish Borders? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Eckford, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (2.2mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormiston Mill | 0.0km | 19.4mm | 27.0mm | 43.0mm | 1.2mm |
| Jedburgh Castle nr Jedburgh | 9.8km | 19.8mm | 29.6mm | 57.6mm | 4.4mm |
| Chesters nr Chesters | 19.9km | 26.0mm | 34.0mm | 79.6mm | 6.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 19.6mm.
11 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Ormiston Mill.
The rain gauges near Eckford 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: 2002 (1,441 mm). Driest: 2003 (841 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Eckford gets about 742 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 80 mm; driest March, 45 mm). That is drier 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 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 Eckford's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Eckford's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show right now.
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.
Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland
Eckford is a small village located between the larger towns of Kelso and Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. The village is in close proximity to both the River Teviot and its tributary the Kale Water, and the A698 and the B6401 which run approximately parallel to the respective rivers.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
19.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Eckford.
October so far: 50.3mm, from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Eckford. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Ormiston Mill is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Eckford'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 Eckford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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