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How much rain fell in Bedford, Bedford? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
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).
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 Newnham nr Newnham | 0.2km | 4.4mm | 28.8mm | 48.0mm | 6.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Thurleigh nr Thurleigh | 10.8km | 5.3mm | 36.7mm | 66.8mm | 4.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Potton nr Potton | 13.7km | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 9.3mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Newnham, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 373 mm (1 Jan to 22 Oct), against 506 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 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 (885 mm). Driest: 2025 (421 mm). Average: 647 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.
Bedford gets about 559 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 60 mm; driest March, 33 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), 2.3 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: Cardington, 1.2 km away: no recent reading.
Every gauge on the River Great Ouse →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bedford's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Bedford's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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 in Bedfordshire, England
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire. At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was 167,446. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.7mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Bedford.
October so far: 42.6mm vs 61.5mm October average — 31% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Newnham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.2km from the centre of Bedford's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Newnham, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 885 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 647 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 421 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 54.4 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 Bedford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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