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How much rain fell in Inverness, Highland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, 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
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
A Met Office weather warning is in force here: see the warning above.
Next 24 hours: about 8.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Inverness, heaviest in the hour to Sun 07:00 (0.8mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inshes | 2.8km | 0.2mm | 12.6mm | 49.8mm | 4.8mm |
| Culloden Battlefield nr Newlands of Culloden | 4.6km | 2.0mm | 15.4mm | 54.2mm | 4.2mm |
| Drummore of Cantray nr Croy | 9.7km | 1.0mm | 15.6mm | 53.6mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 11.2mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Inshes.
The rain gauges near Inverness 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.
Inverness gets about 950 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 99 mm; driest April, 59 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), 3.4 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 Inverness's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Inverness's monitored area. None of the 6 with a live status is discharging right now, and 3 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.
City in the Highlands of Scotland
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands in the north of Scotland. Long regarded as the de facto capital of the Scottish Highlands, it is the administrative centre for The Highland Council region whose headquarters are located close to the city centre. A regional hub for healthcare, education and research, business and economic services, public administration, culture, music and entertainment, media, communications, transport and leisure, the city provides a range of services for the wider Highlands and Islands Region, a large hinterland encompassing a population of around half a million people and an area of some 39,911 km² or 51% of Scotland's total landmass.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.1mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Inverness.
October so far: 52.5mm, from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Inverness. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Inshes is the nearest rain gauge, 2.8km from the centre of Inverness'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 Inverness's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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