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Bedford

Bedford, Bedford, MK44 3BF
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Historical gauge. This is the Environment Agency's quality-checked archive record for this site. It runs about two months behind and does not report live; its record ends on 24 July 2016. Current totals are not shown. Live rain nearby: Rainfall gauge nr Newnham, 0.2 km away.
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October Total
avg: 72.4mm
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Rain forecast

Next 24 hours: about 1.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Bedford, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (0.9mm).

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).

Rainfall Chart

Monthly Rainfall Overview

Bedford gets about 559 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 60 mm; driest March, 33 mm). That is 52% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.3 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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🚽 Storm overflows within 3 km

Sewer overflows near this rain gauge, from the water companies’ live event-duration monitors and their official annual spill figures. Spill starts also appear as markers on the rainfall chart above.

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Location

Station ref
HYRAIN_0978e0667f69a3802bcd0b167de99b5c68ba3798
Lat, lng
52.134051, -0.416198
County
Bedford
Postcode
MK44 3BF
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