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How much rain fell in Baldock, Hertfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Baldock, heaviest in the hour to Mon 10:00 (0.4mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr North Hertfordshire nr North Hertfordshire | 0.1km | 12.8mm | 47.8mm | 58.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St Ippolyts nr St Ippolyts | 6.8km | 17.6mm | 62.8mm | 75.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Weston nr Weston | 8.3km | 14.6mm | 50.8mm | 65.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 13.9mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr North Hertfordshire, against a full-month average of 16.6 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 423 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 490 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 14% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (859 mm). Driest: 2011 (467 mm). Average: 625 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Baldock gets about 611 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 64 mm; driest March, 34 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), 2.7 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
Nearest gauge on it: Shefford, 8.1 km away: 0.29 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the River Flit →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Baldock's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Baldock's monitored area. None of the 7 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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 in Hertfordshire, England
Baldock is a historic market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The River Ivel rises from springs in the town. It lies 33 miles (53 km) north of London and 14 miles (23 km) north northwest of the county town of Hertford. Nearby towns include Royston to the northeast, Letchworth and Hitchin to the southwest and Stevenage to the south. In 2021 it had a population of 10,615.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
13.9mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Baldock.
October so far: 58.1mm vs 67.2mm October average — 14% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr North Hertfordshire is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Baldock'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 North Hertfordshire, against a full-month average of 16.6 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 859 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 625 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 467 mm.
27 May 2007: 46.8 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 66.2 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 Baldock's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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