How much rain fell in Buckland, Buckinghamshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Another rain gauge is also registered under the name Buckland: Rainfall gauge nr Buckland (Hertfordshire) — see its gauge page. The figures here are for Buckland, Buckinghamshire.
Next 24 hours: about 4.0mm of rain forecast for the area around Buckland, heaviest in the hour to 06:00 (2.3mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Buckland | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Great Missenden nr Great Missenden | 8.9km | 6.0mm | 74.0mm | 94.8mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Aylesbury nr Aylesbury | 12.7km | 4.8mm | 74.8mm | 100.5mm | 1.5mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 10.3mm.
0 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Buckland, against a full-month average of 19.3 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 420 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 557 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 25% 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: 2023 (1,485 mm). Driest: 2003 (523 mm). Average: 733 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.
Buckland gets about 796 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 86 mm; driest March, 50 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), 2.6 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: Chesham, 9.4 km away: 0.32 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Chess →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Buckland's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Buckland'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: © Thames 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 Buckinghamshire, England
Buckland is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is near the boundary with Hertfordshire, close to Aston Clinton. The hamlet of Buckland Wharf is in the parish. It takes its name from its wharf on the Wendover Branch of the Grand Union Canal that passes through the parish.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Buckland.
October so far: 52.9mm vs 83.3mm October average — 36% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Buckland is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Buckland's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
0 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Buckland, against a full-month average of 19.3 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,485 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 733 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 523 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 67.5 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 83.4 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 Buckland's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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