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How much rain fell in Benson, Oxfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Benson, heaviest in the hour to Tue 05:00 (1.0mm).
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 Benson
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 60% 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 1.3 km from Benson. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Benson | 0.1km | 0.0mm | 60.8mm | 82.9mm | 4.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Goring-on-Thames nr Goring-on-Thames | 9.5km | 0.0mm | 65.2mm | 87.8mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Abingdon nr Abingdon | 12.6km | 0.0mm | 52.8mm | 77.3mm | 4.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 17.7mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Benson, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 454 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 510 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 11% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (852 mm). Driest: 2005 (497 mm). Average: 658 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Benson gets about 651 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 72 mm; driest March, 41 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), 1.7 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: Benson Lock, 0.0 km away: 0.05 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Thames →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Benson's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Benson's monitored area. None of the 2 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: © Thames 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.
Village in South Oxfordshire, England
Benson is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census gave the parish population as 4,754. It lies about a mile and a half (2.4 km) north of Wallingford at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, where a chalk stream, Ewelme Brook, joins the River Thames next to Benson Lock.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Benson.
October so far: 87.8mm vs 74.7mm October average — 18% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Benson is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Benson'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 Benson, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 852 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 658 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 497 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 63.8 mm on average across 5 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 Benson's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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