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Rainfall in Evelix

How much rain fell in Evelix, Highland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest SEPA rain gauge, 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.

What to expect and what to do

What to expect

  • Flooding of a few homes and businesses is possible
  • Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
  • Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer

What should I do?

Check if your property could be at risk of flooding. If so, consider preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit.

Give yourself the best chance of avoiding delays by checking road conditions if driving, or bus and train timetables, amending your travel plans if necessary.

People cope better with power cuts when they have prepared for them in advance. It's easy to do; consider gathering torches and batteries, a mobile phone power pack and other essential items.

Be prepared for weather warnings to change quickly: when a weather warning is issued, the Met Office recommends staying up to date with the weather forecast in your area.

What should I do? See the Met Office warnings and advice. Met Office Weather Warnings © Crown Copyright 2026

Measured at Milton of Evelix TBR, 0.0km from the centre of Evelix's monitored area. Rain gauges can sit several kilometres outside town, so very local downpours may differ from these figures.
0.0mm
Yesterday (23 Oct 2026)
13.8mm
Last 7 days
59.4mm
October so far
6.8mm
Today so far (UTC)

Rain forecast

A Met Office weather warning is in force here: see the warning above.

Next 24 hours: about 11.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Evelix, heaviest in the hour to Sun 10:00 (1.9mm).

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).

Next 4 days

Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.

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Nearest rain gauges to Evelix

GaugeDistanceYesterday7 daysOctoberToday
Milton of Evelix TBR 0.0km 0.0mm 13.8mm 59.4mm 6.8mm

Last 30 days at Milton of Evelix TBR

Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 19.0mm.

Rain days this October

16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Milton of Evelix TBR.

Rainfall year by year: northern Scotland

The rain gauges near Evelix 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.

Average rainfall in Evelix

Evelix gets about 885 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 95 mm; driest April, 58 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), 1.8 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.

Gauges and storm overflows around Evelix

Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow

Rivers near Evelix

Nearest river gauges

A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Evelix's monitored area.

Storm overflows near Evelix

5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Evelix's monitored area. None of the 5 with a live status is discharging right now.

Sewage & storm overflows →

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.

About Evelix

Evelix
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page)

Human settlement in Scotland

Evelix or Evelick is a village near Dornoch in south east Sutherland, Scotland. The River Evelix runs through it. Evelix is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Frequently asked questions

How much rain fell in Evelix yesterday?

0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from Milton of Evelix TBR, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Evelix (0.0km away).

Is this month wetter than normal in Evelix?

October so far: 59.4mm, from Milton of Evelix TBR, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Evelix (0.0km away). There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.

Where is the nearest rain gauge to Evelix?

Milton of Evelix TBR is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Evelix'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 Evelix's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.