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How much rain fell in Burton on the Wolds, Leicestershire? 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 Burton on the Wolds (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Burton on the Wolds | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 29.6mm | 64.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rotherby nr Rotherby | 9.3km | 1.6mm | 29.2mm | 65.7mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Loughborough nr Loughborough | 9.6km | 0.0mm | 34.8mm | 66.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 9.5mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Burton on the Wolds, against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days (based on 9 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 492 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 514 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (869 mm). Driest: 2011 (387 mm). Average: 641 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Burton on the Wolds gets about 632 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 67 mm; driest March, 36 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), 1.9 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: Pillings Lock, 5.5 km away: 1.00 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Soar →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Burton on the Wolds's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Burton on the Wolds's monitored area. None of the 4 with a live status is 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 Leicestershire, England
Burton on the Wolds is a village in Leicestershire, England, situated on the B676 road 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the A46 and about the same distance to the east of Loughborough, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire. In the 2011 census, the population was measured at 1,218. The Parish Council of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes and Prestwold serves the village and its two neighbouring hamlets. The local borough council is Charnwood.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Burton on the Wolds.
October so far: 65.2mm vs 71.1mm October average — 8% drier. Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Burton on the Wolds is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Burton on the Wolds's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Burton on the Wolds, against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 869 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 641 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 387 mm.
17 Jul 2001: 66.4 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 86.0 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 Burton on the Wolds's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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