Water in Scotland
Served by Scottish Water, a publicly owned body. Drinking water quality is regulated by the DWQR and the environment by SEPA. Scotland has by far the greatest renewable water resource per person in the UK.
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Where this number comes from
Source: Met Office — HadUK-Grid gridded climate observations, HadUK-Grid areal series, Rainfall, Scotland, annual. Licence: Open — attribution required (attribution required).
Method: Met Office published area-average total precipitation, from the HadUK-Grid 1 km gridded analysis of the national rain gauge network. Gauge density is far lower in the nineteenth century than today, and mountain precipitation is systematically under-measured, so early values carry greater uncertainty than recent ones.
Retrieved 24 August 2026.
Rainfall
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| Period | Scotland (mm) |
|---|---|
| 1836 | 1,503 |
| 1837 | 1,134 |
| 1838 | 1,174 |
| 1839 | 1,202 |
| 1840 | 1,140 |
| 1841 | 1,275 |
| 1842 | 1,139 |
| 1843 | 1,218 |
| 1844 | 1,080 |
| 1845 | 1,340 |
| 1846 | 1,406 |
| 1847 | 1,245 |
| 1848 | 1,381 |
| 1849 | 1,242 |
| 1850 | 1,302 |
| 1851 | 1,141 |
| 1852 | 1,452 |
| 1853 | 1,161 |
| 1854 | 1,336 |
| 1855 | 955 |
| 1856 | 1,145 |
| 1857 | 1,156 |
| 1858 | 1,190 |
| 1859 | 1,354 |
| 1860 | 1,245 |
| 1861 | 1,491 |
| 1862 | 1,485 |
| 1863 | 1,576 |
| 1864 | 1,355 |
| 1865 | 1,166 |
| 1866 | 1,502 |
| 1867 | 1,331 |
| 1868 | 1,662 |
| 1869 | 1,366 |
| 1870 | 1,094 |
| 1871 | 1,251 |
| 1872 | 1,767 |
| 1873 | 1,413 |
| 1874 | 1,465 |
| 1875 | 1,305 |
| 1876 | 1,410 |
| 1877 | 1,748 |
| 1878 | 1,241 |
| 1879 | 1,187 |
| 1880 | 1,181 |
| 1881 | 1,273 |
| 1882 | 1,518 |
| 1883 | 1,468 |
| 1884 | 1,475 |
| 1885 | 1,303 |
| 1886 | 1,279 |
| 1887 | 1,120 |
| 1888 | 1,273 |
| 1889 | 1,170 |
| 1890 | 1,441 |
| 1891 | 1,364 |
| 1892 | 1,305 |
| 1893 | 1,343 |
| 1894 | 1,415 |
| 1895 | 1,223 |
| 1896 | 1,321 |
| 1897 | 1,304 |
| 1898 | 1,509 |
| 1899 | 1,381 |
| 1900 | 1,532 |
| 1901 | 1,217 |
| 1902 | 1,154 |
| 1903 | 1,743 |
| 1904 | 1,305 |
| 1905 | 1,309 |
| 1906 | 1,434 |
| 1907 | 1,354 |
| 1908 | 1,320 |
| 1909 | 1,292 |
| 1910 | 1,408 |
| 1911 | 1,371 |
| 1912 | 1,494 |
| 1913 | 1,304 |
| 1914 | 1,412 |
| 1915 | 1,257 |
| 1916 | 1,555 |
| 1917 | 1,338 |
| 1918 | 1,435 |
| 1919 | 1,252 |
| 1920 | 1,464 |
| 1921 | 1,390 |
| 1922 | 1,283 |
| 1923 | 1,621 |
| 1924 | 1,390 |
| 1925 | 1,325 |
| 1926 | 1,479 |
| 1927 | 1,481 |
| 1928 | 1,657 |
| 1929 | 1,357 |
| 1930 | 1,449 |
| 1931 | 1,379 |
| 1932 | 1,461 |
| 1933 | 1,097 |
| 1934 | 1,499 |
| 1935 | 1,462 |
| 1936 | 1,258 |
| 1937 | 1,154 |
| 1938 | 1,732 |
| 1939 | 1,281 |
| 1940 | 1,304 |
| 1941 | 1,162 |
| 1942 | 1,373 |
| 1943 | 1,509 |
| 1944 | 1,437 |
| 1945 | 1,347 |
| 1946 | 1,360 |
| 1947 | 1,288 |
| 1948 | 1,660 |
| 1949 | 1,510 |
| 1950 | 1,544 |
| 1951 | 1,438 |
| 1952 | 1,274 |
| 1953 | 1,325 |
| 1954 | 1,693 |
| 1955 | 1,108 |
| 1956 | 1,386 |
| 1957 | 1,447 |
| 1958 | 1,298 |
| 1959 | 1,317 |
| 1960 | 1,304 |
| 1961 | 1,467 |
| 1962 | 1,472 |
| 1963 | 1,273 |
| 1964 | 1,294 |
| 1965 | 1,407 |
| 1966 | 1,486 |
| 1967 | 1,594 |
| 1968 | 1,272 |
| 1969 | 1,233 |
| 1970 | 1,503 |
| 1971 | 1,213 |
| 1972 | 1,209 |
| 1973 | 1,303 |
| 1974 | 1,513 |
| 1975 | 1,271 |
| 1976 | 1,324 |
| 1977 | 1,441 |
| 1978 | 1,403 |
| 1979 | 1,533 |
| 1980 | 1,520 |
| 1981 | 1,530 |
| 1982 | 1,648 |
| 1983 | 1,496 |
| 1984 | 1,457 |
| 1985 | 1,504 |
| 1986 | 1,637 |
| 1987 | 1,351 |
| 1988 | 1,594 |
| 1989 | 1,489 |
| 1990 | 1,892 |
| 1991 | 1,461 |
| 1992 | 1,731 |
| 1993 | 1,483 |
| 1994 | 1,622 |
| 1995 | 1,493 |
| 1996 | 1,270 |
| 1997 | 1,423 |
| 1998 | 1,749 |
| 1999 | 1,739 |
| 2000 | 1,701 |
| 2001 | 1,310 |
| 2002 | 1,621 |
| 2003 | 1,209 |
| 2004 | 1,685 |
| 2005 | 1,579 |
| 2006 | 1,640 |
| 2007 | 1,567 |
| 2008 | 1,717 |
| 2009 | 1,679 |
| 2010 | 1,246 |
| 2011 | 1,863 |
| 2012 | 1,596 |
| 2013 | 1,458 |
| 2014 | 1,738 |
| 2015 | 1,837 |
| 2016 | 1,486 |
| 2017 | 1,523 |
| 2018 | 1,395 |
| 2019 | 1,558 |
| 2020 | 1,802 |
| 2021 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 1,555 |
| 2023 | 1,625 |
| 2024 | 1,597 |
| 2025 | 1,391 |
Measured here
Hydrionis holds records from 712 monitoring locations in Scotland, read directly from the national network rather than reported at country level.
| Measurement | Locations | Values |
|---|---|---|
| Mean monthly river flow | 309 | 163,859 |
| Monthly precipitation | 358 | 117,966 |
| Groundwater level | 45 | 10,859 |
See the Scotland monitoring network — where the stations are, and what each one measures.
Coverage for this place
Entities in Scotland
Within this place
- Scottish Water service area · utility service area
- Northern Scotland (climate district) · global region
- Eastern Scotland (climate district) · global region
- Western Scotland (climate district) · global region