How much rain fell in Prestwick, South Ayrshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Prestwick, heaviest in the hour to 23:00 (1.0mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestwick | 0.0km | 6.8mm | 20.6mm | 78.2mm | 13.6mm |
| Irvine Gailes nr Irvine | 9.7km | 6.2mm | 22.6mm | 100.0mm | 13.8mm |
| Bow Burn Raingauge nr Coylton | 10.1km | 9.2mm | 25.4mm | 113.4mm | 16.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 15.4mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Prestwick.
The rain gauges near Prestwick 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.
Prestwick gets about 1,030 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 112 mm; driest April, 56 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), 2.5 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 Discharging now
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Prestwick's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Prestwick's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 7 report not discharging, 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.
Town and former royal burgh in Scotland
Prestwick is a town and former royal burgh in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr to the south on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about two miles south, and the small village of Monkton to the north. It had a population of 14,570 in 2022. The town was the first home of the Open Golf Championship, which was played on the Prestwick Old Course from 1860 to 1872.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Prestwick.
October so far: 97.2mm, from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Prestwick. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Prestwick is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Prestwick'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 Prestwick's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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