Dalkeith weather
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Met Office, the European and the American model agree on a high near 11° in Dalkeith today. Tomorrow: drizzle, around 9°, with a 100% chance of rain.
Latest for Dalkeith: Met Office (UKMO model): 9° Heavy drizzle · European (ECMWF): 8° Light rain · American (NOAA GFS): 9° Heavy drizzle.
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Dalkeith weather in numbers
measured normals and 10 years of recorded weatherDalkeith swings 16°C across the year, from 18°C highs in July to 2°C lows in February, and October is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 899 mm of precipitation. Over 10 years of recorded weather it averages 1 day a year at 25°C or above, 29 frost nights, and rain on 168 days.
Day counts are from the ERA5 reanalysis for Dalkeith’s grid square, 2016 to 2025, counted the same way for every city so the numbers compare. A reanalysis square is an area, not a weather station, so it is good for counting days and not for a single day’s record.
The weather map: all three models at once
Met Office, European, American side by side around Dalkeith and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Dalkeith hourly forecast: next 14 hours
consensus of the three modelsRain in the next 24 hours, model by model
each model's own hourly precipitation, side by sideLoading the three models…
Dalkeith 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitDalkeith, Scotland is at its warmest in Jul (average highs near 18°C) and coldest in Feb (lows around 2°C), with roughly 899 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what Met Office, European, American forecast for Dalkeith right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
We grade every model against the weather that actually happened, so you can see which forecast model is most accurate in United Kingdom before you trust any single number.
Dalkeith climate by month
average daytime high and overnight low across a typical year (1991-2020)Source: 1991-2020 averages, ERA5 for this place adjusted with NASA POWER.
How the weather around Dalkeith has changed since 1995
Dalkeith sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Edinburgh. That square shows no clear change in temperature between 1995-2004 and 2015-2024. See the full 30-year picture on the Edinburgh page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Dalkeith?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
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Where the models disagree
temperature and rain, judged separatelyThe models often agree on temperature and still split on rain, and rain is usually what decides whether a plan survives. A wide rain range means the shower is genuinely uncertain, not that the forecast is wrong.