FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account
FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account
How much rain fell in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Newton Mearns, heaviest in the hour to 23:00 (1.9mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Moorhouse | 0.0km | 5.0mm | 19.6mm | 127.0mm | 26.0mm |
| Picketlaw Reservoir nr Eaglesham | 4.3km | 5.8mm | 18.6mm | 142.9mm | 20.2mm |
| Stewarton nr Kingsford | 6.0km | 5.2mm | 24.6mm | 121.4mm | 20.6mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 18.0mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at South Moorhouse.
The rain gauges near Newton Mearns 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.
Newton Mearns gets about 1,652 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 184 mm; driest April, 88 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), 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 Newton Mearns's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Newton Mearns'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 in Scotland
Newton Mearns is a town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Glasgow City Centre on historically the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet (125 m) above sea level. It has a population of approximately 26,993, stretching from Whitecraigs and Kirkhill in the north-east to Maidenhill in the south-east, to Westacres and Greenlaw in the west and Capelrig/Patterton in the north-west.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Newton Mearns.
October so far: 119.8mm, from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Newton Mearns. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
South Moorhouse is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Newton Mearns'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 Newton Mearns's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
FloodRadar helper · beta
