Home › Rainfall › Berryfield

Rainfall in Berryfield

How much rain fell in Berryfield, Wiltshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.

Yellow Yellow warning of rain

Heavy rain brings a high likelihood of moderate impacts from surface water flooding.

In force until 11pm Sat 24 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:05am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.

What to expect and what to do

What to expect

  • Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer
  • Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
  • Some interruption to power supplies and other services likely
  • Flooding of a few homes and businesses is possible

What should I do?

Give yourself the best chance of avoiding delays by checking road conditions if driving, or bus and train timetables, amending your travel plans if necessary.

People cope better with power cuts when they have prepared for them in advance. It's easy to do; consider gathering torches and batteries, a mobile phone power pack and other essential items.

Check if your property could be at risk of flooding. If so, consider preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit.

Be prepared for weather warnings to change quickly: when a weather warning is issued, the Met Office recommends staying up to date with the weather forecast in your area.

What should I do? See the Met Office warnings and advice. Met Office Weather Warnings © Crown Copyright 2026

The average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of the centre of Berryfield's monitored area, all reporting in the last two days. This October they range from 68.0mm to 93.8mm. The nearest is Rainfall gauge nr Melksham, 0.1km away. Rain can be very local, so one street may differ from the average.
12.6mm
Yesterday (23 Oct 2026)
55.9mm
Last 7 days
84.6mm
October so far
vs 89.2mm avg — 5% drier
10.6mm
Today so far (UTC)

Rain forecast

A Met Office weather warning is in force here: see the warning above.

Next 24 hours: about 10.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Berryfield, heaviest in the hour to 21:00 (3.3mm).

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).

Next 4 days

Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.

🏠 Thinking of buying in Berryfield? Get the Property Flood-Risk Report for any Berryfield postcode — official risk band, recorded floods since 1946, warning history, river behaviour and nearby storm overflows. £19 one-off, instant. Learn more →
⚠️ Yesterday's 10.2mm at Rainfall gauge nr Melksham was the wettest day at this gauge since 22 Oct 2026 and in the top 10.5% of 448 rain days in this gauge's 2-year record.
⚠️ Yesterday's 11.6mm at Rainfall gauge nr Bradford-on-Avon was the wettest day at this gauge since 22 Oct 2026 and in the top 9% of 469 rain days in this gauge's 2-year record.
⚠️ Yesterday's 17.2mm at Rainfall gauge nr Chippenham was the wettest day at this gauge since 1 Jun 2026 and in the top 3% of 467 rain days in this gauge's 2-year record.

Nearest rain gauges to Berryfield

GaugeDistanceYesterday7 daysOctoberToday
Rainfall gauge nr Melksham nr Melksham 0.1km 10.2mm 48.4mm 68.0mm 8.2mm
Rainfall gauge nr Bradford-on-Avon nr Bradford-on-Avon 9.0km 11.6mm 54.2mm 77.2mm 10.8mm
Rainfall gauge nr Chippenham nr Chippenham 12.8km 17.2mm 57.4mm 85.2mm 10.4mm

Last 30 days (average of 7 gauges within 15km)

Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 15.1mm.

Rain days this October

14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Melksham, against a full-month average of 18.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).

Rainfall year by year in Berryfield

2026 so far: 556 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 614 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 9% 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: 2012 (1,156 mm). Driest: 2003 (560 mm). Average: 809 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.

Wettest days and storms in Berryfield

Wettest days since 2000

  1. 45.0 mm 29 Oct 2000up to 54.0 mm at one gauge
  2. 41.5 mm 23 Dec 2013 · 2013-14 UK winter floodsup to 67.2 mm at one gauge
  3. 38.0 mm 18 Sep 2014up to 71.4 mm at one gauge
  4. 37.9 mm 5 Jul 2006up to 65.8 mm at one gauge
  5. 35.9 mm 23 Sep 2012up to 63.8 mm at one gauge

Storms that brought the most rain here

  1. 65.4 mm Storm Angus · 19–21 Nov 2016
  2. 58.4 mm Storm Bert · 22–25 Nov 2024
  3. 44.0 mm Storm Babet · 18–22 Oct 2023
  4. 41.4 mm Storm Herminia · 26–27 Jan 2025
  5. 38.4 mm Storm Henk · 2–5 Jan 2024

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.

Average rainfall in Berryfield

Berryfield gets about 752 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 80 mm; driest March, 49 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), 2.2 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.

Gauges and storm overflows around Berryfield

Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow Discharging now

Rivers near Berryfield

Nearest river gauges

A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Berryfield's monitored area.

Storm overflows near Berryfield

16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Berryfield's monitored area. 4 are discharging now, 12 report not discharging.

Discharging now, then the most spills in 2025

Sewage & storm overflows →

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.

About Berryfield

Berryfield
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page)

Village in Wiltshire, England

Berryfield is a small village to the south of the town of Melksham, in Wiltshire, England. The village is separated from the southwestern outskirts of Melksham by the A350 road and about 500 metres of farmland; it falls within the civil parish of Melksham Without. The Bristol Avon is about 0.6 miles (1 km) west of the village. Although close to Melksham town, Berryfield remains a separate community.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Frequently asked questions

How much rain fell in Berryfield yesterday?

12.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Berryfield.

Is this month wetter than normal in Berryfield?

October so far: 84.6mm vs 89.2mm October average — 5% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.

Where is the nearest rain gauge to Berryfield?

Rainfall gauge nr Melksham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Berryfield's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.

How many rain days has Berryfield had this month?

14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Melksham, against a full-month average of 18.8 rain days.

What was the wettest year in Berryfield?

2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,156 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 809 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 560 mm.

What is the wettest day on record in Berryfield?

29 Oct 2000: 45.0 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 54.0 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 Berryfield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.