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How much rain fell in Polloch, Highland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest SEPA rain gauge, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 23.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Polloch, heaviest in the hour to Sun 03:00 (1.6mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polloch | 0.0km | 0.8mm | 24.4mm | 280.4mm | 26.8mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 34.8mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Polloch.
The rain gauges near Polloch 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.
Polloch gets about 2,723 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month January, 310 mm; driest May, 138 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), 2.1 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Polloch's monitored area.
Human settlement in Scotland
Polloch is a remote and picturesque hamlet, located at the north shore of the River Polloch, in an inlet that flows into Loch Shiel, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from Polloch, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Polloch (0.0km away).
October so far: 280.4mm, from Polloch, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Polloch (0.0km away). There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Polloch is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Polloch'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 Polloch's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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