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How much rain fell in Poolewe, Highland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest SEPA rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 10.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Poolewe, heaviest in the hour to Sun 06:00 (1.5mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverewe Garden | 0.0km | 1.6mm | 5.6mm | 167.4mm | 10.4mm |
| Badbea nr Badcaul | 19.2km | 2.0mm | 13.4mm | 227.2mm | 14.8mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 27.2mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Inverewe Garden.
The rain gauges near Poolewe 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.
Poolewe gets about 1,736 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 199 mm; driest June, 90 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), 1.6 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 Poolewe's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Poolewe'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.
Human settlement in Scotland
Poolewe is a small village in Wester Ross in the North West Highlands of Scotland, about 75 miles northwest of Inverness, by Loch Ewe. The River Ewe, one of the shortest in Scotland, joins the sea less than one mile from Inverewe Garden, renowned for its subtropical plants. The village is surrounded by mountains and the sea.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from Inverewe Garden, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Poolewe (0.0km away).
October so far: 167.4mm, from Inverewe Garden, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Poolewe (0.0km away). There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Inverewe Garden is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Poolewe'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 Poolewe's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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