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How much rain fell in Kirkcaldy, Fife? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 8.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Kirkcaldy, heaviest in the hour to 18:00 (6.0mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkcaldy | 0.0km | 16.6mm | 34.0mm | 70.2mm | 4.4mm |
| Kinghorn Ecology Centre Rain Gauge nr Kinghorn | 5.5km | 23.2mm | 39.8mm | 74.0mm | 1.8mm |
| Fife Airport nr Glenrothes | 8.5km | 16.2mm | 41.8mm | 86.4mm | 8.8mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 18.4mm.
10 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Kirkcaldy.
The rain gauges near Kirkcaldy 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.
Kirkcaldy gets about 843 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 90 mm; driest April, 48 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), 1.2 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 Kirkcaldy's monitored area.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Kirkcaldy's monitored area. None of the 12 with a live status is discharging 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.
Town and former royal burgh in Scotland
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about 11+1⁄2 miles north of Edinburgh and 27+1⁄2 mi (44 km) south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 51,117 in 2022, making it Fife's second-largest settlement and the 11th most populous settlement in Scotland.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
18.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Kirkcaldy.
October so far: 76.6mm, from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Kirkcaldy. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Kirkcaldy is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Kirkcaldy'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 Kirkcaldy's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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