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How much rain fell in Braunston, West Northamptonshire? 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 Braunston (under 0.2mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Braunston | 0.0km | 1.2mm | 38.0mm | 71.4mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Daventry nr Daventry | 6.5km | 3.4mm | 47.7mm | 88.7mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Dodford nr Dodford | 10.4km | 2.1mm | 39.3mm | 71.3mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 12.0mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Braunston, against a full-month average of 16.2 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 446 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 529 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% 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: 2024 (928 mm). Driest: 2011 (403 mm). Average: 669 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.
Braunston gets about 642 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 65 mm; driest March, 40 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: Kites Hardwick, 6.9 km away: 0.16 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Leam →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Braunston's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Braunston's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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: © Severn Trent 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 Northamptonshire, England
Braunston is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, next to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1,759. Braunston is situated just off the A45 main road and lies between the towns of Daventry and Rugby. Braunston is a hilltop village, most famous for its canal junction between the Oxford Canal and the Grand Union Canal, and associated marina.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.9mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Braunston.
October so far: 68.8mm vs 71.9mm October average — 4% drier. Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Braunston is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Braunston's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Braunston, against a full-month average of 16.2 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 928 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 669 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 403 mm.
23 Sep 2024: 50.4 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 74.6 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 Braunston's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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