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How much rain fell in Bristol, City of Bristol? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Bristol, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (0.3mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Bristol
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 80% 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 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.0 km from Bristol. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Bristol (south) | 2.2km | 0.4mm | 90.1mm | 118.8mm | 6.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Barrow Gurney nr Barrow Gurney | 4.1km | 0.2mm | 83.4mm | 107.0mm | 6.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bristol (north) | 4.2km | 0.0mm | 76.4mm | 101.6mm | 5.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 32.8mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bristol (south), against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 667 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 663 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,248 mm). Driest: 2010 (618 mm). Average: 886 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Bristol gets about 947 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 105 mm; driest April, 62 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), 2.0 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: Bristol Harbour Passage Street, 3.9 km away: 6.13 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the Bristol 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 Bristol's monitored area.
65 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bristol's monitored area. None of the 60 with a live status is discharging right now, and 5 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: © 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.
City and county in England
Bristol is a city and ceremonial county in South West England. It is on the River Avon, and bordered by Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south, with a short coastline on the Bristol Channel to the west. The county includes most of the Bristol conurbation, but the urban area extends into South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, and North Somerset.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Bristol.
October so far: 107.5mm vs 93.3mm October average — 15% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bristol (south) is the nearest rain gauge, 2.2km from the centre of Bristol'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 Bristol (south), against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,248 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 886 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 618 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 59.5 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 85.8 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 Bristol's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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