Rainfall is a key element of Scottish weather and it dictates how and when the golf course maintenance can be carried out here at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club.

This year has been an incredibly difficult year with a prolonged winter and cooler temperatures lasting until April, meaning growth was slow at the start of the season. The  freezing temperatures were followed by a prolonged dry spell which meant our irrigation system was being used on a daily basis throughout early Spring. 

 Aberdeen has an average annual rainfall of around 866 mm whereas some areas in Scotland receive about 3,000 mm of precipitation per year.

As you can see from the stats below it was a considerably dry first 9 months of the year on the links. This all changed from October onwards when we have been experiencing prolonged spells of mild and wet weather. The daily data shows that since the start of October there has been rainfall on 53 of the last 90 days, accumulating 255mm in that same period. This equates to 42% of the years rainfall total in the last 3 months.

The monthly rainfall totals for 2025 are as follows;

January 55.6mm

February 26.2mm

March 35.2mm

April 9.4mm

May 30.4mm

June 62.4mm

July 62.2mm

August 16mm

September 49.6mm

October 102.8mm

November 104.4mm

December 48.2mm

Total precipitation to date = 602.4mm