Rainfall
Rainfall and river levels data
Rainfall monitoring
Rainfall monitoring provides valuable information that helps protect Scotland’s environment and the health and safety of its people.
Recording rainfall is crucial to a number of national services, including weather and flood forecasting.
It involves measuring and recording the amount of rainfall at a network of fixed points over a period of time.
In addition to informing us in our day-to-day work in protecting and maintaining our water environment, the information gathered by measuring rainfall over long periods helps us to form a better picture of what is happening to Scotland’s climate and to plan accordingly for the future.
We have launched a new service which allows users to access rainfall and river level data via API calls, guidance on this service and how to access it can be found at: https://timeseries.sepa.org.uk/