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How much rain fell in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire? 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 Bulwell (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Brook | 0.0km | 6.8mm | 38.8mm | 67.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Greasley nr Greasley | 6.2km | 7.2mm | 41.0mm | 94.0mm | 2.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lambley nr Lambley | 6.6km | 5.6mm | 35.4mm | 66.8mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.5mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Day Brook.
2026 so far: 567 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 571 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,037 mm). Driest: 2011 (466 mm). Average: 722 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Bulwell gets about 689 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 70 mm; driest March, 43 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: Clifton Bridge, 6.8 km away: 1.25 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Trent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bulwell's monitored area.
32 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bulwell's monitored area. None of the 31 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: © 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.
Town in Nottinghamshire, England
Bulwell is a market town and former civil parish in the City of Nottingham district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 3.5 miles (6 km) south-west of Hucknall and 4.8 miles (8 km) to the north-west of Nottingham city centre. The 2011 census recorded its population at 29,771, which amounted to over 10% of the city's population; 16,157 was recorded for the Bulwell ward of Nottingham City Council. The adjacent ward, Bulwell Forest, which includes Highbury Vale, Rise Park and the west of Top Valley, had a population of 13,614 at the same census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Bulwell.
October so far: 73.1mm vs 76.6mm October average — 5% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Day Brook is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bulwell's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,037 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 722 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 466 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 50.0 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 59.8 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 Bulwell's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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