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How much rain fell in Halkirk, Highland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest SEPA rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 26.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Halkirk, heaviest in the hour to Sun 16:00 (2.9mm).
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halkirk | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 14.2mm | 57.0mm | 6.4mm |
| Forsinain nr Forsinain Farm | 24.9km | 1.2mm | 16.8mm | 70.8mm | 7.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 10.4mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Halkirk.
The rain gauges near Halkirk 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.
Halkirk gets about 988 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 116 mm; driest May, 63 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), 2.1 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 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 Halkirk's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Halkirk's monitored area. 1 is discharging 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 Caithness, Scotland
Halkirk is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. From Halkirk the B874 road runs towards Thurso in the north and towards Georgemas in the east. The village is within the parish of Halkirk, and is said by locals to be Scotland's first planned village.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from Halkirk, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Halkirk (0.0km away).
October so far: 57.0mm, from Halkirk, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Halkirk (0.0km away). There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Halkirk is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Halkirk'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 Halkirk's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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