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How much rain fell in Andover, Hampshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Andover (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Andover
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 5% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 10% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.4 km from Andover. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Andover | 0.0km | 6.4mm | 87.6mm | 118.1mm | 8.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Tidworth nr Tidworth | 13.6km | 6.9mm | 101.9mm | 139.7mm | 10.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Broughton nr Broughton | 14.2km | 7.8mm | 101.7mm | 134.9mm | 8.3mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 26.3mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Andover, against a full-month average of 16.3 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 700 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 627 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 12% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,133 mm). Driest: 2003 (584 mm). Average: 831 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Andover gets about 839 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 100 mm; driest May, 52 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), 1.0 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 Andover's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Andover's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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: © Southern 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 in Hampshire, England
Andover is a town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The town is on the River Anton, a major tributary of the Test, and lies alongside the major A303 trunk road at the eastern end of Salisbury Plain, 18 miles (29 km) west of the town of Basingstoke. It is 14 miles (23 km) from Winchester, 35 miles (56 km) north of Southampton and 65 miles (105 km) from London.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Andover.
October so far: 130.9mm vs 97.1mm October average — 35% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Andover is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Andover's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Andover, against a full-month average of 16.3 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,133 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 831 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 584 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 50.8 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 52.6 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. Records since 4 Feb 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 Andover's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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