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How much rain fell in Bath, Somerset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Bath, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (1.1mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Bathampton nr Bathampton | 2.3km | 0.2mm | 1.5mm | 5.6mm | 3.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bradford-on-Avon nr Bradford-on-Avon | 7.9km | 0.0mm | 0.6mm | 4.8mm | 3.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Keynsham nr Keynsham | 9.5km | 0.0mm | 3.0mm | 7.4mm | 4.3mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 26.8mm.
5 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Bathampton, against a full-month average of 22.9 rain days (based on 21 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 654 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 702 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 7% 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: 2012 (1,171 mm). Driest: 2010 (622 mm). Average: 861 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.
Bath gets about 861 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 95 mm; driest March, 57 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), 3.5 km from the centre of Bath. 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: Middlehill, 7.4 km away: 0.23 m Steady.
Every gauge on the By Brook →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bath.
102 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bath. None of the 95 with a live status is discharging right now, and 7 have 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: © Wessex 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.
City in Somerset, England
Bath is a city in Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later listed as one of the "Great Spa Towns of Europe". Bath is situated in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol, and is the largest city and urban settlement in Somerset. At the 2021 census, the population of the city was 94,080.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Bath.
November so far: 6.0mm vs 96.8mm November average — 94% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bathampton is the nearest rain gauge, 2.3km from the centre of Bath. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
5 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Bathampton, against a full-month average of 22.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,171 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 861 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 622 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 59.9 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 85.8 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 Bath — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Bath is the Ordnance Survey Open Names point for the city or town. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OGL v3.0).
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