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How much rain fell in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest SEPA rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 14.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Kirkwall, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (3.2mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkwall | 0.0km | 1.6mm | 21.8mm | – | 12.0mm |
| Durkadale nr Twatt | 21.1km | 3.2mm | 22.4mm | 132.8mm | 9.6mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 17.2mm. Striped days have no daily total from these gauges (missing data, not a dry day).
9 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Kirkwall.
The rain gauges near Kirkwall 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.
Kirkwall gets about 1,062 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 132 mm; driest July, 47 mm). That is close to 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), 2.3 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 Kirkwall's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Kirkwall's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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 on Orkney, Scotland
Kirkwall is a port town and historic royal burgh in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. It is approximately 210 miles north of Edinburgh, 221 miles north-northeast of Glasgow, and 124 miles north-northwest of Aberdeen. It had a population of 7,390 in 2022, making it the largest town in Orkney.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from Kirkwall, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Kirkwall (0.0km away).
The gauges near Kirkwall do not have a complete record for October yet, so no month total is shown.
Kirkwall is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Kirkwall'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 Kirkwall's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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