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How much rain fell in Bradford, West Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Bradford (under 0.2mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Bradford
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 80% chance of more than 1 mm, 20% 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 04:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Bradford. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Bradford | 0.0km | 8.3mm | 61.3mm | 117.8mm | 5.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Oxenhope nr Oxenhope | 7.0km | 12.6mm | 71.9mm | 142.8mm | 4.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Calderdale nr Calderdale | 7.1km | 8.4mm | 63.1mm | 123.8mm | 4.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 19.6mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bradford, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 737 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 850 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 13% 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 (1,512 mm). Driest: 2003 (784 mm). Average: 1,119 mm a year.
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.
Bradford gets about 897 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 101 mm; driest May, 56 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.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Cottingley Bridge, 2.6 km away: 0.86 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Aire →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bradford's monitored area.
71 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bradford's monitored area. 4 are discharging now, 64 report not discharging, and 3 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: © Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire, England
Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the 1974 reform, the city status has belonged to the larger City of Bradford metropolitan borough. In the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 352,317, making it the second-largest subdivision of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area after Leeds, which is approximately 9 mi (14 km) to the east. The wider metropolitan borough had a population of 546,976 at the same census, making it one of the most populous districts in England.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Bradford.
October so far: 105.5mm vs 110.6mm October average — 5% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bradford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bradford's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bradford, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,512 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,119 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 784 mm.
9 Aug 2004: 73.0 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 84.4 mm at one of them. Records since 18 Feb 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 Bradford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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