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How much rain fell in Shotts, North Lanarkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 8.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Shotts, heaviest in the hour to Sun 00:00 (1.4mm).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotts WWTW | 0.0km | 18.0mm | 34.0mm | 115.6mm | 11.8mm |
| Caldercruix STW nr Caldercruix | 10.2km | 12.6mm | 27.4mm | 94.8mm | 11.0mm |
| Whitburn nr Whitburn | 10.3km | 16.0mm | 28.2mm | 93.8mm | 11.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 151.8mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Shotts WWTW.
The rain gauges near Shotts 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.
Shotts gets about 1,160 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 120 mm; driest April, 64 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), 2.1 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 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 Shotts's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Shotts's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 6 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.
Village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Shotts is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 16 miles from Glasgow and has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots as the real source of the name. Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16-time winners of World Pipe Band Championships.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
15.0mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Shotts.
October so far: 97.5mm, from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Shotts. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Shotts WWTW is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Shotts'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 Shotts's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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