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How much rain fell in Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 7.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Rothienorman, heaviest in the hour to Sun 11:00 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothienorman | 0.0km | 15.6mm | 37.6mm | 61.0mm | 3.4mm |
| Old Mill of Newton | 8.7km | 15.2mm | 38.2mm | 57.6mm | 3.8mm |
| Inverurie nr Kintore | 17.9km | 0.0mm | 16.4mm | 27.6mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 15.8mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rothienorman.
The rain gauges near Rothienorman 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.
Rothienorman gets about 905 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 102 mm; driest May, 57 mm). That is drier 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 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 Rothienorman's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Rothienorman's monitored area. None of the 2 with a live status is 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
Rothienorman is a village in Aberdeenshire in north east Scotland. In 2025 it was classified as a town by the Understanding Scottish Places project, based on population growth.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
15.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Rothienorman.
October so far: 59.3mm, from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Rothienorman. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Rothienorman is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Rothienorman'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 Rothienorman's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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