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How much rain fell in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire? 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-on-Avon (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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-on-Avon
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 5% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 5% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Wed 28 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.1 km from Bradford-on-Avon. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Bradford-on-Avon | 0.0km | 8.8mm | 71.2mm | 99.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bathampton nr Bathampton | 6.1km | 6.0mm | 78.5mm | 113.1mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Melksham nr Melksham | 9.1km | 6.0mm | 58.8mm | 85.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 24.7mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bradford-on-Avon, against a full-month average of 18.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 630 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 636 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (1,162 mm). Driest: 2010 (602 mm). Average: 832 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.
Bradford-on-Avon gets about 860 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 92 mm; driest March, 57 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: Tellisford, 4.0 km away: 1.06 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the Somerset Frome →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-on-Avon's monitored area.
20 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bradford-on-Avon's monitored area. None of the 19 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: © 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.
Town in Wiltshire, England
Bradford on Avon is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, near the border with Somerset. The town's canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs and restaurants make it popular with tourists. The parish had a population of 10,405 at the 2021 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.8mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Bradford-on-Avon.
October so far: 108.6mm vs 90.6mm October average — 20% wetter. Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bradford-on-Avon is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bradford-on-Avon's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bradford-on-Avon, against a full-month average of 18.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,162 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 832 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 602 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 50.7 mm on average across 5 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 Bradford-on-Avon's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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