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How much rain fell in Moniaive, Dumfries and Galloway? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Moniaive, heaviest in the hour to Sun 02:00 (1.3mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craigdarroch No2 | 0.1km | 17.8mm | 36.6mm | 163.6mm | 33.2mm |
| Capenoch Raingauge No2 nr Penpont | 10.8km | 28.0mm | 42.0mm | 105.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Corsock nr Corsock | 15.4km | 25.4mm | 40.6mm | 149.8mm | 28.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 25.5mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Craigdarroch No2.
The rain gauges near Moniaive 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: 2011 (2,280 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,368 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Moniaive gets about 1,790 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 209 mm; driest May, 97 mm). That is wetter 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), 2.2 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 Moniaive's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Moniaive's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not discharging right now, and 1 has 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.
Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Moniaive is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It stands on the Cairn and Dalwhat Waters, 16 miles (26 km) north-west of the town of Dumfries. Moniaive has been named best overall small village in the Nithsdale in Bloom competition five times in a row, from 2006 to 2011. The village streetscape was featured in the 2002 Peter Mullan film The Magdalene Sisters. In 2004, The Times described the village as one of the 'coolest' in Britain.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
22.9mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Moniaive.
October so far: 134.4mm, from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Moniaive. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Craigdarroch No2 is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Moniaive'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 Moniaive's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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