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How much rain fell in Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Ampthill, heaviest in the hour to Tue 06:00 (2.2mm).
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).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
Chance of rain in Ampthill
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 25% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.6 km from Ampthill. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Ampthill | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 44.2mm | 62.0mm | 2.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Woburn nr Woburn | 9.9km | 0.0mm | 52.0mm | 74.4mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lilley nr Lilley | 11.3km | 0.0mm | 42.4mm | 60.0mm | 3.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 12.1mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ampthill, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 386 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 522 mm by the same date in an average year (2004–2025) — 26% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (915 mm). Driest: 2025 (485 mm). Average: 653 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 local rain gauges, for UTC days; one gauge can catch much more than the average. A storm's figure adds up the rain measured on its dates, from our list of Met Office named storms and major floods — other weather on those days counts too.
Ampthill gets about 638 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 68 mm; driest March, 38 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.6 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ampthill's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ampthill's monitored area. None of the 4 with a live status is discharging right now.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © Anglian Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England
Ampthill is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It lies between Bedford and Luton. At the 2021 census it had a population of 8,825.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Ampthill.
October so far: 62.7mm vs 64.3mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ampthill is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ampthill's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ampthill, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2004, with 915 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 653 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 485 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 82.8 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 93.2 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Ampthill's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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