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How much rain fell in Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Bishops Cannings, heaviest in the hour to 05:00 (0.6mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 23:05 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 Bishops Cannings | 0.0km | 5.5mm | 82.8mm | 107.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Easterton nr Easterton | 7.9km | 4.1mm | 78.7mm | 107.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Melksham nr Melksham | 14.6km | 3.8mm | 66.6mm | 79.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 17.3mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bishops Cannings, against a full-month average of 19.9 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 538 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 628 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 14% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (1,228 mm). Driest: 2010 (553 mm). Average: 810 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Bishops Cannings gets about 820 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 91 mm; driest March, 55 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), 2.5 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bishops Cannings's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bishops Cannings's monitored area. None of the 6 with a live status is 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: © 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.
Village in Wiltshire, England
Bishops Cannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, England, 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Devizes. The parish includes the village of Coate and the hamlets of Bourton, Horton and Little Horton.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Bishops Cannings.
October so far: 97.9mm vs 89.4mm October average — 10% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bishops Cannings is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bishops Cannings's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bishops Cannings, against a full-month average of 19.9 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,228 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 810 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 553 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 45.5 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 67.2 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. 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 Bishops Cannings's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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