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How much rain fell in Grangemouth, Falkirk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Grangemouth, heaviest in the hour to 23:00 (1.1mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polmonthill STW | 0.0km | 13.6mm | 26.4mm | 73.2mm | 10.2mm |
| Slamannan nr Slamannan | 11.3km | 13.2mm | 25.6mm | 85.8mm | 12.4mm |
| Whitburn nr Whitburn | 14.0km | 16.0mm | 28.2mm | 93.8mm | 11.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 202.3mm.
11 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Polmonthill STW.
The rain gauges near Grangemouth 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.
Grangemouth gets about 924 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 100 mm; driest April, 50 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), 3.1 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 Grangemouth's monitored area.
11 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Grangemouth's monitored area. None of the 9 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 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 Scotland
Grangemouth is a town in the Falkirk council area in the central belt of Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, three miles east of Falkirk, five miles west of Bo'ness and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 16,016 in 2022, indicating a decrease from the 2011 census, being 17,373.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
14.3mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Grangemouth.
October so far: 84.3mm, from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Grangemouth. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Polmonthill STW is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Grangemouth'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 Grangemouth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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