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How much rain fell in Bredenbury, Herefordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Bredenbury, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (0.9mm).
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 Wacton nr Wacton | 1.4km | 4.8mm | 38.6mm | 69.7mm | 10.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Suckley nr Suckley | 10.3km | 4.6mm | 49.4mm | 72.5mm | 8.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Leominster nr Leominster | 12.1km | 3.8mm | 28.8mm | 46.8mm | 8.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 14.7mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wacton, against a full-month average of 21.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 508 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 534 mm by the same date in an average year (2015–2025) — 5% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (890 mm). Driest: 2025 (574 mm). Average: 712 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Bredenbury gets about 773 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 82 mm; driest March, 52 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: Bromyard, 4.0 km away: 0.18 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Frome (Wye) →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bredenbury's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bredenbury's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 3 report not discharging.
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: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Village in Herefordshire, England
Bredenbury is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 12.5 miles (20.1 km) northeast of Hereford. The village lies on the A44 road, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Bromyard and 8 miles (13 km) from Leominster.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.5mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Bredenbury.
October so far: 60.8mm vs 75.8mm October average — 20% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wacton is the nearest rain gauge, 1.4km from the centre of Bredenbury's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wacton, against a full-month average of 21.0 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2015, with 890 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 712 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 574 mm.
25 Oct 2019: 41.4 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 45.8 mm at one of them. Records since 6 Dec 2014.
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 Bredenbury's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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